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    month. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 30. Globular Cluster M30 @ SEDS Messier pages Messier 30, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Gray...
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    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...
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    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15416.x, S2CID 6066790. "Messier 93". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 30 April 2022. Finlay, Warren H. (2014), Concise Catalog...
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    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...
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    Several galaxies and star clusters are contained within Capricornus. Messier 30 is a globular cluster located 1 degree south of the galaxy group that...
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    Trifid Nebula (redirect from Messier 20)
    Nebula Trifid Nebula seen at different wavelengths List of Messier objects List of nebulae Messier object New General Catalogue Wikipedia Project: Astronomical...
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    C/1771 G1 (Messier) C/1773 T1 (Messier) C/1780 U2 (Messier) C/1788 W1 (Messier) C/1793 S2 (Messier) C/1798 G1 (Messier) C/1785 A1 (Messier-Méchain) He...
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    and August 24, with the peak days varying yearly. The star cluster of Messier 30 is best observed around August. Among the aborigines of the Canary Islands...
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    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014876. S2CID 119281578. "Messier 87". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 30 April 2022. "Results for NGC 4486". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic...
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    of objects not to mistake for comets; Messier's list, including Messier 13, eventually became known as the Messier catalog. It is located at right ascension...
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    Messier 84 or M84, also known as NGC 4374, is a giant elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Charles Messier discovered the object...
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    This galaxy was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier in 1777. As an elliptical galaxy, Messier 49 has the physical form of a radio galaxy, but it...
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    Galaxy". In 1779, Pierre Méchain and Charles Messier reidentified Bode's object, hence listed it in the Messier Catalogue. The galaxy is to be found approximately...
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    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...
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    Messier in 1781. It is the faintest object in the Messier catalog, with an apparent magnitude of 10.2. As a result of a bookkeeping error by Messier,...
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    constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. M88 is one of the fifteen Messier objects that belong to the nearby Virgo Cluster of...
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    Ring Nebula (redirect from Messier 57)
    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...
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    Messier 80 (also known as M80 or NGC 6093) is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781, being one...
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    Messier 86 (also known as M86 or NGC 4406) is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781...
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    March 2015. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 7. Messier 7, SEDS Messier pages Messier 7 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α,...
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    away[a] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. Messier 90 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, being one of its largest and...
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  • Thumbnail for Messier 68
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/742/1/51, S2CID 118649860 "Messier 68". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 30 April 2022. distance × sin( diameter_angle / 2 ) =...
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    "Messier 78". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 30 April 2022. Frommert, Hartmut; Kronberg, Christine (9 October 2018), "Messier 78", SEDS Messier pages...
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    to Messier 12. Messier 12, SEDS Messier pages Messier 12, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page 'Stolen' stars article at Universe Today Messier 12...
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  • example, in 1764, a cluster of stars known as Messier 30 was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier. In the twentieth century, astronomers concluded...
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    Commons has media related to Messier 10. Messier 10, SEDS Messier pages Messier 10, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Messier 10 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS...
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    communicated his discovery to Charles Messier, who subsequently listed the object in his catalog. Both Messier and William Herschel described this galaxy...
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    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...
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    stars of messier 47". ScienceDaily. 17 December 2014. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 46. Messier 46, SEDS Messier pages Messier 46, Amateur...
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    2006-08-31. "Messier 100". Hearst Observatory. Retrieved 2010-02-23. "Messier 100". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 30 April 2022. "Messier 100". SEDS:...
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