Bibcode:1973rncn.book.....S. "Messier 43". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 23 July 2024. Adam, Len (2018), Imaging the Messier Objects Remotely from Your...
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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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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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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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quadruple star Eta Orionis. Orion's Sword contains the Orion Nebula, the Messier 43 nebula, the Running Man Nebula, and the stars Theta Orionis, Iota Orionis...
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Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (redirect from Messier Object 24)
Nebula (also known as M17) and open cluster Messier 18, both north of M24. M24 is one of only three Messier objects that are not actual deep sky objects...
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09526. Bibcode:2021MNRAS.505.5957B. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1474. "Messier 4". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Vitral, E.; et al. (2023). "An...
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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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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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Nebula Soul Nebula Tarantula Nebula Trifid Nebula Witch Head Nebula Messier 43 Messier 78, reflection nebula NGC 248 NGC 249 NGC 256 NGC 261 NGC 267 NGC...
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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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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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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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Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from Messier Object 51)
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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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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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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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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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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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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Orion Nebula 1344 1 Theta1 Orionis C O6Vp+B0V 178 gaseous + dark disks Messier 43 1300 1 NU Orionis (HD 37061) B0.5V 3 gaseous Flame Nebula 1350 0.2 to...
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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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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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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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brighter galaxies visible from the Northern Hemisphere have Messier numbers, named after Charles Messier. There are a few other comprehensive catalogs that assign...
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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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Pleiades (redirect from Messier 45)
Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars...
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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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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...
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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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