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    ISSN 0004-6256. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 36. Messier 36, SEDS Messier pages Messier 36 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α...
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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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    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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    faint magnitude +15.3 star from the distance of M38. List of Messier objects Messier 36 Messier 37 de Oliveira, M. R.; Fausti, A.; Bica, E.; Dottori, H. (July...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 72. Messier 72 (also known as M72 or NGC 6981) is a globular cluster in the south west of the very mildly...
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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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    comets; Messier's list, including Messier 13, eventually became known as the Messier catalog. It is located at right ascension 16h 41.7m, declination +36° 28'...
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    before 1731, then catalogued by Charles Messier in 1769. It is physically part of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), separate from that main nebula by a...
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    got as bright as magnitude 12. List of Messier objects "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Messier 85. Retrieved 18 November 2006. J. L. Tonry;...
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  • M36 (redirect from M-36)
    South Wales M36 class locomotive Progress M-36, a Russian spacecraft Messier 36, an open star cluster in the constellation Auriga M36, a sub-strain of...
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    555 (1): 36–50, arXiv:1305.3606, Bibcode:2013A&A...555A..36K, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321819, S2CID 53669510 "Messier 30". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved...
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    north–south, at right angles to Messier. This crater also has a curved bulge extending to the west. Messier and Messier A were photographed at high resolution...
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    related to Messier 25 at Wikimedia Commons Messier 25, The Messier Catalog. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Messier 25 on WikiSky:...
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    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...
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    Messier 14 (also known as M14 or NGC 6402) is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764...
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    survey on 19 May 2014. List of Messier objects Canes II Group "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Messier 106. Retrieved 7 December 2006....
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    March 1781. The discovery was then reported to Charles Messier, who included the object in the Messier Catalogue of comet-like objects. It was one of the...
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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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    Phecda (γ UMa, Gamma Ursa Majoris). Messier 109 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. Two years later Charles Messier catalogued the object, as an appended...
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    Charles Messier on 1771. It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel. There is no cluster in the position indicated by Messier, which he...
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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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    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,...
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    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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    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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    Dumbbell Nebula (redirect from Messier 27)
    with 5.5" telescope from city suburbs Skywatcher 120mm ED APO Messier object List of Messier objects List of planetary nebulae New General Catalogue ^ Radius...
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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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    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...
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    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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    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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