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...

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...

Messier 49 (elliptical), Messier 58 (spiral), Messier 59 (elliptical), Messier 60 (elliptical), Messier 61 (spiral), Messier 84 (lenticular), Messier...

children to take up the sport." Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and Doug Messier. He was the second son and third...

brightest member is the elliptical galaxy Messier 49; however its most famous member is the elliptical galaxy Messier 87, which is located in the center of...

highway in Michigan M61, a class of locomotives built by NOHAB In science: Messier 61 (M61), a spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster In firearms and military equipment:...

SN 2020jfo was a type II supernova in the Messier 61 galaxy, first observed on 6 May 2020 with an apparent magnitude of 16.01. It was one of the first...

magnitude is only +15.75. List of planetary nebulae Messier object New General Catalogue List of Messier objects NGC 6565, which is undergoing a similar process...

the majority of well-known black holes above 1 billion M☉ are shown. Messier galaxies with precisely known black holes are all included. New discoveries...

SN 1961i was a supernova that was discovered in June 1961 in the Messier 61 (NGC 4303) galaxy, by Milton L. Humason at the Palomar Observatory, the brightest...

was independently rediscovered in 1758 by Charles Messier as he was observing a bright comet. Messier catalogued it as the first entry in his catalogue...

of roughly -13.3. Pinwheel Galaxy Bode's galaxy Cigar galaxy NGC 2787 Messier 83 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3184. Retrieved...

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

Messier 61 with supernova SN2020jfo, taken by an amateur astronomer in 2020...

suggestion to assign the galaxy a Messier number was made by Kenneth Glyn Jones in 1967, making it the last member of the Messier List. This galaxy has a morphological...

October 13, 1773, by Charles Messier while hunting for objects that could confuse comet hunters, and was designated in Messier's catalogue as M51. William...

18m 30.9s +05° 33′ 34.1″ 14.1 4254 Messier 99 Spiral galaxy Coma Berenices 12h 18m 49.6s +14° 25′ 00″ 10.2 4258 Messier 106 Spiral galaxy Canes Venatici...

close-up view of the rose-coloured star forming region Messier 17. List of Messier objects Messier object New General Catalogue "NGC 6618". SIMBAD. Centre...

Specifically -by-east Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 29. Messier 29 RGB Image Messier 29 LRGB image – 2 hrs total exposure Lawrence, Pete. "M29...

Dusty and Extremely Red Progenitor of the Type II Supernova 2023ixf in Messier 101". astro.paperswithcode.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023. Qin, Y.; Zhang...

Nebula Trifid Nebula seen at different wavelengths List of Messier objects List of nebulae Messier object New General Catalogue Wikipedia Project: Astronomical...

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

1086/129477. September 7 Media related to Messier 52 at Wikimedia Commons Messier 52, SEDS Messier pages Messier 52 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS,...

atomic number 61 is promethium. Messier object M61, a magnitude 10.5 galaxy in the constellation Virgo The New General Catalogue object NGC 61, a double spiral...

Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), also known as the Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names given by different cultures reflects an observed pattern...

orbiting close to a star in Messier 67 Artist's impression of a hot Jupiter exoplanet in the star cluster Messier 67 List of Messier objects List of open clusters...

Charles Messier on 1771. It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel. There is no cluster in the position indicated by Messier, which he...

related to Messier 39. Messier 39, SEDS Messier pages NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: M39: Open Cluster in Cygnus (12 April 2009) Messier 39 on WikiSky:...

..870...32K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaef8c. S2CID 119328315. "Messier 16". SEDS Messier Catalog. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved...

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...