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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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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within include a yellow straggler component. Messier 93 atlas image Finder chart for M93 List of Messier objects Wu, Zhen-Yu; et al. (November 2009),...
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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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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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information about humanity and Earth that was sent to the globular cluster Messier 13 in 1974. It was meant as a demonstration of human technological achievement...
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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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Louis XV. Messier discovered 13 comets: C/1760 B1 (Messier) C/1763 S1 (Messier) C/1764 A1 (Messier) C/1766 E1 (Messier) C/1769 P1 (Messier) D/1770 L1...
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southern horizon, such that east is left. Messier 92 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Messier 92 by HST; 3.5′ view Messier 92 captured by the James Webb Space...
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Message (1962), sent to Venus Arecibo message (1974), one transmission to Messier 13 Poetica Vaginal (1986), several minutes of transmission towards Epsilon...
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Raising New Funds from Temasek, M13". Fortune. Retrieved August 6, 2017. "Messier 13 (M13) – The Great Hercules Cluster". universetoday.com. May 9, 2016. "ClassPass...
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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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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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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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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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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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The Wheel in Space (category Fiction set around Messier 13)
essential to power the x-ray laser. The Cybermen have engineered the star in Messier 13 to go nova, forcing the Wheel crew to look to their bernalium stores only...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Messier 56 (also known as M56 or NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1779. It is angularly...
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to 25 million years in age. After the discovery of Messier 101 through 103 by Pierre Méchain, Messier later added this open cluster to his own catalogue...
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Messier 102 (also known as M102) is a galaxy listed in the Messier Catalogue that cannot be unambiguously identified. Its original discoverer Pierre Méchain...
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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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astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-03-25. "Messier Object 4". www.messier.seds.org. Retrieved 2023-11-13. Baumgardt, H.; et al. (2021). "Accurate distances...
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Catalogue, that lists the most important stars in the globular cluster Messier 13, published in 1905. In 1908 he established the binary character of the...
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Charles Messier in 1780. With M66 and NGC 3628, it forms the Leo Triplet, a small close group of galaxies. M65 was discovered by Charles Messier and included...
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