Messier 62 or M62, also known as NGC 6266 or the Flickering Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of stars in the south of the equatorial constellation...
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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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has media related to Messier 75. Messier 75, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Garner, Rob, ed. (16 March 2018), Messier 75, NASA, retrieved 5...
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elliptical galaxy Messier 60 were both discovered by Johann Gottfried Koehler in April 1779 when observing comet seeming close by. Charles Messier listed both...
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1051/0004-6361:20077073. ISSN 0004-6361. Plotner, Tammy (February 22, 2016). "Messier 4 (M4) – The NGC 6121 Globular Cluster". Universe Today. Retrieved January...
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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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Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from Messier 31)
Messier 31". Astrophysical Journal. 69: 103–158. Bibcode:1929ApJ....69..103H. doi:10.1086/143167. Baade, Walter (1944). "The Resolution of Messier 32...
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galaxies Messier 32 and Messier 110. Galaxy collision with Messier 82 forms its patterned spiral disc: galaxy interactions between NGC 3077 and Messier 81;...
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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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in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is located in the globular cluster Messier 62, at a distance of 5,600 parsecs (18,000 ly) from Earth. The pulsar was...
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38m 36.93s −23° 54′ 31.5″ 7.4 6402 Messier 14 Globular cluster Ophiuchus 17h 37m 36.2s −03° 14′ 45″ 9.6 6405 Messier 6; Butterfly Cluster Open cluster...
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astronomers detected three new millisecond pulsars in the globular cluster Messier 62. In 2006, several discoveries were announced, including a large coil-shaped...
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Little Dumbbell Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 76)
de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-01-25.[permanent dead link] "Messier 76". The SEDS Messier Catalog Webpages. Retrieved 2010-01-25. Ramos-Larios, G.; Phillips...
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name indicates that the planetary system belongs to the globular cluster Messier 62. List of globular clusters Extragalactic Distance Scale Kraken galaxy...
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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,...
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Messier 49 (elliptical), Messier 58 (spiral), Messier 59 (elliptical), Messier 60 (elliptical), Messier 61 (spiral), Messier 84 (lenticular), Messier...
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Omega Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 17)
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...
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Lagoon Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 8)
Stellar Lagoon — ESA/Hubble Photo Release Messier 8, SEDS Messier pages NightSkyInfo.com – M8, the Lagoon Nebula Messier 8, Pete's Astrophotography Gallery Archived...
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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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to Radial-velocity Characterization". The Astronomical Journal. 168 (2): 62. arXiv:2309.03944. Bibcode:2024AJ....168...62W. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ad5203...
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Orion Nebula (redirect from Messier 42)
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...
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Triangulum Galaxy (redirect from Messier 33)
infall proper into the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). List of galaxies Messier object List of Messier objects New General Catalogue NGC 55 Pisces Dwarf Andromeda-Milky...
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doi:10.1088/0004-6256/139/2/476, hdl:2152/34371, S2CID 120965440. "Messier 5". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Boyles, J.; et al. (November 2011)...
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Pleiades (redirect from Messier 45)
Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars...
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Eagle Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 16)
..870...32K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaef8c. S2CID 119328315. "Messier 16". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Martin MacPhee (8 July 2014)...
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Crab Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 1)
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...
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Milky Way. It is similar to other old-bulge globular clusters such as Messier 62, NGC 6522, NGC 6558, and Haute-Provence 1. First discovered on the National...
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Messier 32 (also known as M32 and NGC 221) is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about 2,650,000 light-years (810,000 pc) from the Solar System, appearing in...
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Elizabeth Dennigan. Messier earned her BA degree from Roger Williams University, and her MEd from Rhode Island College. 2012 Messier was unopposed for both...
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