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    2016. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 18. Messier 18, SEDS Messier pages Messier 18 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray...
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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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    Mark John Douglas Messier OC (/ˈmɛsieɪ/; born January 18, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. His playing career in the National...
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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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    ISBN 3211008519. "Messier 24". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. "Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud | Messier Objects". www.messier-objects.com...
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    Messier 89 (M89 for short, also known as NGC 4552) is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier on March 18...
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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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    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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    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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    The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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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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    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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    of Messier objects Messier 91 Messier 95 Messier 109 M100 NGC 4536 The other barred spiral galaxies in Messier's catalogue are Messier 91, Messier 95...
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    S2CID 18877294. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 15. Messier 15, SEDS Messier pages Messier 15, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Globular...
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  • of three Safran subsidiaries: Messier-Dowty, Messier-Bugatti and Messier Services. In May 2016, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty became Safran Landing Systems. Safran...
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  • M18 (redirect from M-18)
    roads M18, a metric screw thread Messier 18, an open star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius M18 or M-18, Mara 18, Central American street gang Hope...
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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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    peak magnitude of 12.0. List of Messier objects "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Messier 85. Retrieved 18 November 2006. J. L. Tonry; A.Dressler;...
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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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  • coach. Messier is the father of Paul Messier and Hockey Hall of Fame player Mark Messier. Sielski, Mike (26 April 2011). "Now Coaching: Mark Messier's Father"...
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    Messier 26, also known as NGC 6694, is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scutum. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764...
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    discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula...
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    media related to Messier 28. Globular Cluster M28 @ SEDS Messier pages Messier 28, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Messier 28 on WikiSky: DSS2...
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    1093/mnras/stw1487. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 48. Messier 48, SEDS Messier pages Messier 48 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α...
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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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    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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    Messier 62 by the Hubble Space Telescope; 1.65′ field of view Globular Cluster M62 - wide field view Map showing the location of M62. List of Messier...
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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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    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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    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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