Black Eye Galaxy (redirect from Messier 64)
(also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years...
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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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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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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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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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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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media related to Messier 9. Messier 9, SEDS Messier pages M9, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page The glittering stars of Messier 9, March 16, 2012...
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in Sagittarius Wide field view of M22 New General Catalogue Messier object List of Messier objects List of globular clusters on August 26 on June 5 the...
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616A..12G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832698. S2CID 260496632. "Messier 2". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Boyles, J.; et al. (November 2011)...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 87. Messier 87, SEDS Messier pages ESA/Hubble images of M87 Messier 87 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS...
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of 95% or higher Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 35. Messier 35, SEDS Messier pages M35 – Nightskyinfo.com Merrifield, Michael; Rothery...
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from the James Webb Space Telescope Messier 66 by 2MASS An ultraviolet image of Messier 66 by GALEX List of Messier objects Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 29. Messier 29, SEDS Messier pages Messier 29 RGB Image Messier 29 LRGB image – 2 hrs total exposure Lawrence...
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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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Beehive Cluster (redirect from Messier 44)
K2-264 has a two-planet system. List of Messier objects Cancer (Chinese astronomy) List of open clusters Messier object New General Catalogue Open cluster...
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393E. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac021. "Messier 88". The Messier Catalog. Retrieved 20 November 2016. "Messier 91". The Messier Catalog. Retrieved 20 November...
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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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Winnecke 4 (redirect from Messier Object 40)
Charles Messier in 1764 while he was searching for a nebula that had been reported in the area by Johannes Hevelius. Not seeing any nebulae, Messier catalogued...
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in frequencies above 1 GHz Messier 51a (NGC 5194), the Whirlpool Galaxy, one of the best known galaxies in the sky Messier 64 (NGC 4826), with two counter-rotating...
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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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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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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...
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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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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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Pleiades (redirect from Messier 45)
Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type...
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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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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:...
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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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Messier 64 (Black Eye Galaxy) 85 88 91 98 99 100 NGC 4014 4015 4017 4053 4055 4056 4060 4061 4065 4066 4070 4072 4074 4076 4084 4086 4089 4090 4091 4092...
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