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  1. There are 110 astronomical objects listed in the Messier catalog: 40 galaxies, 29 globular clusters, 27 open clusters, 6 diffuse nebulae, 4 planetary nebulae. The list also contains a few stand-alone objects: 1 supernova remnant, 1 asterism, 1 double star, and 1 Milky Way patch.

    • Messier 1 (The Crab Nebula) Better known as the Crab Nebula, Charles Messier originally mistook Messier 1 for Halley’s Comet, which inspired him to create…
    • Messier 2. Hubble's image of Messier 2 is comprised of visible and infrared wavelengths of light.
    • Messier 3. Messier 3 holds more than 500,000 stars.
    • Messier 4. Use the bright star, Antares, to help you find Messier 4.
    • Crab Nebula (NGC 1952) The Crab Nebula (M1) is a supernova remnant approximately 6,500 light years away in the constellation Taurus. It is the remnant of the historic supernova SN 1054, observed from July 4, 1054, to April 6, 1056.
    • NGC 7089. NGC 7089 (M2) is a globular cluster 55,000 light years away in the constellation Aquarius. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.3 and is 16 arcminutes across.
    • NGC 5272. NGC 5272 (M3) is a globular cluster 33,900 light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It appears almost exactly halfway between Arcturus and Cor Caroli.
    • NGC 6121. NGC 6121 (M4) is a globular cluster 7,200 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. It appears only 1.3 degrees west of Antares.
  2. 6' x 5' 14' 12' x 8' 9' x 5'. Swelling Spiral Flickering Globular Sunflower Galaxy Black Eye Galaxy. M65 M66 M67 M68. 11h 18.9m 11h 20.2m 8h 51.4m 12h 39.5m. +13° 05' +12° 59' +11° 49' –26° 45'. Leo Leo Cnc Hya. Spiral Galaxy Spiral Galaxy Open Cluster Globular Cluster.

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  3. This is the list of the 110 objects in the Messier Catalogue with their designations in the New General Catalogue (NGC), traditional names, object types and constellations.

  4. The Ultimate Messier Object Log PDF. This special version of The Ultimate Messier Object Log was created in response to all those people who don’t have Filemaker, or who don’t have the computer skills to create their own database with the ASCII data I provide.

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  6. View Messier objects by Right Ascension, by Declination, or by visual magnitude; View the Messier Datafile with image icons or in text mode; The original Messier Catalog, (translation to English) and Scans of the original Messier Catalog of 1781 (obtained from the copy of the Bureau des Longitudes, Paris). A List of other Messier Goodies

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