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...

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...

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

Barnaba Oriani on May 5, 1779, six days before Charles Messier discovered the same galaxy. Messier had observed it on the same night as Oriani but had mistaken...

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

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...

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...

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...

Stellar Lagoon — ESA/Hubble Photo Release Messier 8, SEDS Messier pages NightSkyInfo.com – M8, the Lagoon Nebula Messier 8, Pete's Astrophotography Gallery Archived...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

ISBN 978-0-933346-51-2. "Results for object MESSIER 100". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 2006-08-31. "Messier 100". Hearst Observatory...

1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula without stars...

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...

Nebula List of diffuse nebulae List of Messier objects Messier 43, which is part of the Orion Nebula Messier 78, a reflection nebula New General Catalogue...

discovered the nearby galaxies Messier 95 and Messier 96. This galaxy is one of a few not object-verified by Messier so omitted in the editions of his...

Messier 31". Astrophysical Journal. 69: 103–158. Bibcode:1929ApJ....69..103H. doi:10.1086/143167. Baade, Walter (1944). "The Resolution of Messier 32...

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...

collates formal designations for astronomical objects and indicates that Pinwheel Galaxy refers to Messier 101, which several amateur astronomy resources...

as Messier 97, M97 or NGC 3587) - 239 x 60 second exposure. Outer O-III shell of M97 in a HOO composition Messier object List of Messier objects New...

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...