The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...

next to Messier 44 Widefield image of the Beehive Cluster List of Messier objects Cancer (Chinese astronomy) List of open clusters Messier object New General...

2022, Messier 7 is one of the few remaining Messier objects not photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is mainly due to those objects' angular...

later verified by his colleague Charles Messier on 14 June 1779. The galaxy became listed as object 63 in the Messier Catalogue. In the mid-19th century,...

Messier 102 (also known as M102) is a galaxy listed in the Messier Catalogue that cannot be unambiguously identified. Its original discoverer Pierre Méchain...

within include a yellow straggler component. Messier 93 atlas image Finder chart for M93 List of Messier objects Wu, Zhen-Yu; et al. (November 2009), "The...

southern horizon, such that east is left. Messier 92 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Messier 92 by HST; 3.5′ view Messier 92 captured by the James Webb Space...

Bibcode:1973rncn.book.....S. "Messier 43". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 23 July 2024. Adam, Len (2018), Imaging the Messier Objects Remotely from Your Laptop...

to 25 million years in age. After the discovery of Messier 101 through 103 by Pierre Méchain, Messier later added this open cluster to his own catalogue...

this cluster. Globular cluster Messier 5 in Serpens Messier 5 by Hubble Space Telescope – 2.85′ view List of Messier objects Shapley, Harlow; Sawyer, Helen...

for this object by Herschel. The object was discovered in 1781 by Messier who described it as nebula without stars, fainter than M90. Messier mistakenly...

adapted. List of Messier objects Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 74. NGC 3184 – a similar face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 – a similar...

1758 by Charles Messier as he was observing a bright comet. Messier catalogued it as the first entry in his catalogue of comet-like objects; in 1757, Alexis...

..870...32K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaef8c. S2CID 119328315. "Messier 16". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Martin MacPhee (8 July 2014)...

discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt. List of galaxies List of Messier objects Messier object New General Catalogue Dreyer, J. L. E. (1988). Sinnott, R. W...

at the Cape of Good Hope. Charles Messier added it to his catalogue of nebulous objects (now known as the Messier Catalogue) in March 1781. It is one...

2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023. List of Messier objects Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 4. M4, SEDS Messier pages M4, Galactic Globular Clusters...

The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of...

12-inch Dobson telescope in Viña del Mar List of Messier objects New General Catalogue Messier object List of open clusters "M 41". SIMBAD. Centre de données...

to Messier 82. M82, SEDS Messier pages M82 at Chandra SST: Galaxy on Fire! M82 at NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE ESA/Hubble images of M82 Messier 82...

Commons has media related to Messier 73. SEDS: Messier Object 73 Messier 73, LRGB CCD image based on two-hours total exposure Messier 73 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS...

Galaxy "NED results for object MESSIER 101". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2025-04-27. "Messier 101". SEDS Messier Catalog. Archived from...

Charles Messier in 1780. With M66 and NGC 3628, it forms the Leo Triplet, a small close group of galaxies. M65 was discovered by Charles Messier and included...

bright galaxies, 9, New York: Springer-Verlag. "Messier 77: Cetus A - Messier Objects". www.messier-objects.com. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2018. "M...

(also known as M17) and open cluster Messier 18, both north of M24. Messier 24 is not a distinct deep-sky object, rather an open window through the Great...

Majoris). Messier 109 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. Two years later Charles Messier catalogued the object, as an appended object to his publication...

which came to be known as the Messier objects, referred to with the letter M and their number between 1 and 110. Messier's purpose for the catalogue was...

Earth) is about 57,000 ly (17,500 pc). Messier 75 – wide field view Map showing location of M75 List of Messier objects Shapley, Harlow; Sawyer, Helen B. (August...

combine bright spirals and a bright elliptical galaxy (Messier 105). List of Messier objects "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database", Results for NGC 3368...

S2CID 119190044. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 53. SEDS: Messier Object 53 Messier 53, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Gray, Meghan...