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The ASWA programme has print-out sheets that list (in order,) Messier No., Const, Mag, Type, RA, Dec, and then input from the observer, ie: Date/Time, telescope, seeing, trans, 'notes on my observations.' There is also a separate list of Messier objects by constellation, giving the observer the opportunity to plan the night's viewing.
If one of the moderator's would like to give me the go-ahead, and the ISS members agree, I can ask my contacts in ASWA if we could put their system to our members for approval to use. Of course it would need someone to monitor all of this, and the concept of issuing a certificate for the number of objects viewed is a great motivator to get folk to learn about the night sky.
(I have just noted that I have found 27 on the list.)
Cheers!
Popeye
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