Messier Objects

Charles Messier was a French amateur comet hunter active in the mid 1700's. He began listing nebulous objects that could be mistaken for comets, but did not change their nightly position in the sky; therefore where not comets. This visually compiled listing from several comet hunters contains some of the very best (biggest, brightest) examples of almost all classes of objects visible from the Northern hemisphere. Check out The Messier Catalog online. Also, see this translation of 'Charles Messier's Original Catalog of 1771'.

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M 1 (1024 size)	M22 (1024 size)	M45 (Merope nebulosity only) (1024 size)	M 72	M 97 (1024 size)
M 2 (1024 size)	M 23 (1024 size)	M 46 (1024 size)	M 73	M 98
M 3 (1024 size)	M 25 (1024 size)	M 47 (1024 size)	M 74	M 99
M 4 (1024 size)	M 26 (1024 size)	M 48 (1024 size)	M 76	M 100
M 5 (1024 size)	M 27 (1024 size)	M 50 (1024 size)	M 77	M 101
M 9 (1024 size)	M 28 (1024 size)	M 51 (1024 size)	M 78	M 102 (NGC 5866)
M 10 (1024 size)	M 29 (1024 size)	M 52 (1024 size)	M 79	M 103
M 11 (1024 size)	M 30 (1024 size)	M 53	M 80	M 104 (1024 size)
M 12 (1024 size)	M 32 area (1024 size)	M 56	M 81 (1024 size)	M 105 group (1024 size)
M 13 (1024 size)	M 33 (1024 size)	M 57	M 82 (1024 size)	M 106
M 14 (1024 size)	M 34 (1024 size)	M 58 (1024 size)	M 84 and M 86	M 107
M 15 (1024 size)	M 35 (1024 size)	M 60	M 85	M108 Deep Sky filter : M 108 red filter
M16 (1024 size)	M 36 (1024 size)	M 63 (1024 size)	M 87	M 109
M 17 (1024 size)	M 37 (1024 size)	M 64 (1024 size)	M 90	M 110 (1024 size)
M 18 (1024)	M38 (1024 size)	M 65 and M 66 (1024 size)	M 91
M 20 (1024 size)	M 41 (1024 size)	M 67	M 92
M 21 (1024 size)	M 43 (1024 size)	M 71	M 94

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