Fundraising campaign to renovate Charles Messier's grave

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Nick Large avatar
Hi Everyone,

I hope you're all having some clear skies.

I wanted to share a great initiative from Dalia and @Antoine Grelin . If you are not following them on Youtube or social media (Galactic Hunter) you may not be aware of it.

They have launch a fundraising campaign to renovate (and maintain) Charles Messier's decaying grave in Paris. I thought it was worth sharing the info in the community.

Here's the link to the fundraising page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/renovate-charles-messier-s-grave-for-100-years#/

If you want to learn more, here's the link to the webpage on Antoine and Dalia's website: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/help-us-renovate-charles-messier-s-grave-for-the-next-100-years

On a side note, I'm fairly new to AB so I wasn't sure whether this was an appropriate topic to post here. If it is not, my apologies, but I really think this is worth sharing as Charles Messier is an important figure in Astrophotography! (and not because he is French like me ).

CS everyone!!!!

Nick
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Aurélien Utsari avatar
Hi Nick,

I'm guessing you've seen it but they have cleaned Messier's grave. They posted an update a few days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=n6bTAS0sZ7g&feature=emb_title
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John Hayes avatar
That's a great project.  Now I want to go visit the site the next time I am in Paris!

John
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Nick Large avatar
Aurélien Utsari:
Hi Nick,

I'm guessing you've seen it but they have cleaned Messier's grave. They posted an update a few days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=n6bTAS0sZ7g&feature=emb_title

Hi Aurelien,

Thanks for the link. Yes, I saw the update. This is good news.
Looks like the fundraising was a great success.

Nick
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Nick Large avatar
John Hayes:
That's a great project.  Now I want to go visit the site the next time I am in Paris!

John

Yes it is. I'm glad the fundraising worked out well.
I'll have to visit the grave next time I go to Paris too.
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