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==Messier objects==
 
==Messier objects==
 
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| M2
 
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| T31
 
| [[File:Messier2.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 7089
 
| NGC 7089
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| M4
 
| M4
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| T12
 
| [[File:Messier4.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6121
 
| NGC 6121
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| M6
 
| M6
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| T12
 
| [[File:Messier6.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6405
 
| NGC 6405
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| M7
 
| M7
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| T12
 
| [[File:Messier7.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier7.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6475
 
| NGC 6475
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| M9
 
| M9
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| T9
 
| [[File:Messier9.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier9.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6333
 
| NGC 6333
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| M11
 
| M11
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| T8
 
| [[File:Messier11.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier11.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6705
 
| NGC 6705
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| M12
 
| M12
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| T8
 
| [[File:Messier12.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier12.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6218
 
| NGC 6218
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| M17
 
| M17
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| T17
 
| [[File:Messier17.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier17.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6618
 
| NGC 6618
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| M18
 
| M18
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| T13
 
| [[File:Messier18.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6613
 
| NGC 6613
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| M21
 
| M21
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| T12
 
| [[File:Messier21.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier21.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6531
 
| NGC 6531
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| M22
 
| M22
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| T13
 
| [[File:Messier22.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6656
 
| NGC 6656
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| M23
 
| M23
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| T12
 
| [[File:Messier23.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6494
 
| NGC 6494
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| M28
 
| M28
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| T17
 
| [[File:Messier28.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier28.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6626
 
| NGC 6626
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| M30
 
| M30
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| T17
 
| [[File:Messier30.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 7099
 
| NGC 7099
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| M40
 
| M40
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| T16
 
| [[File:Messier40.jpg|60px]]
 
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| M54
 
| M54
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| T12
 
| [[File:Messier54.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6715
 
| NGC 6715
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| M69
 
| M69
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| T9
 
| [[File:Messier69.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier69.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6637
 
| NGC 6637
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| M72
 
| M72
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| T9
 
| [[File:Messier72.jpg|60px]]
 
| [[File:Messier72.jpg|60px]]
 
| NGC 6981
 
| NGC 6981
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| M75
 
| M75
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| T9
 
| [[File:Messier75.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6864
 
| NGC 6864
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| M80
 
| M80
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| T12
 
| [[File:Messier80.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6093
 
| NGC 6093
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| Coma Berenices
 
| Coma Berenices
 
| 10.1
 
| 10.1
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| M101
 
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| T18
 
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| [[File:Messier101.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 5457
 
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| Pinwheel Galaxy
 
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| Galaxy, spiral
 
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| 19,100-22,400
 
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| Ursa Major
 
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| 7.9
 
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| M102
 
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| T21
 
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| [[File:Messier102.jpg|60px]]
 
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| M103
 
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| NGC 581
 
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| Cluster, open
 
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| 10
 
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| Cassiopeia
 
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| 7.4
 
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| M104
 
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| T17
 
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| [[File:Messier104.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 4594
 
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| Sombrero Galaxy
 
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| Galaxy, spiral
 
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| 28,700-30,900
 
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| Virgo
 
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| 9
 
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| M105
 
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| [[File:Messier105.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 3379
 
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| Galaxy, elliptical
 
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| 30,400-33,600
 
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| Leo
 
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| 10.2
 
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| M106
 
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| T16
 
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| [[File:Messier106.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 4258
 
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| Galaxy, spiral
 
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| 22,200-25,200
 
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| Canes Venatici
 
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| 9.1
 
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| M107
 
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| [[File:Messier107.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 6171
 
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| Cluster, globular
 
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| 20.9
 
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| Ophiuchus
 
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| 8.9
 
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| M108
 
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| T16
 
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| [[File:Messier108.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 3556
 
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| Galaxy, barred spiral
 
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| 46,000
 
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| Ursa Major
 
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| 10.7
 
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| M109
 
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| T16
 
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| [[File:Messier109.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 3992
 
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| Galaxy, barred spiral
 
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| 59,500-107,500
 
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| Ursa Major
 
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| 10.6
 
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| M110
 
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| [[File:Messier110.jpg|60px]]
 
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| NGC 205
 
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| Galaxy, dwarf elliptical
 
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| 2,600-2,780
 
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| Andromeda
 
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Revision as of 18:27, 13 April 2014

The Messier Catalog below is a list of astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer [1] in his "Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles" ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters"), originally published in 1771. Messier created this list because of his interest in finding comets. He developed the list to help differentiate between comets and other "fuzzy objects" that didn't move. These objects primarily comprised galaxies, open clusters, globular clusters, planetary nebula and supernova remnants.

My goal is to photograph each object, with my list and current photographs below.

Messier objects

Messier Number TeleScope Ted's Messier Photo NGC/IC Number Common name Object type Distance (kly) Constellation Apparent magnitude
M1 T3 Messier1.jpg NGC 1952 Crab Nebula Supernova remnant 4.9-8.1 Taurus 8.4
M2 T31 Messier2.jpg NGC 7089 Cluster, globular 33 Aquarius 6.3
M3 T12 Messier3.jpg NGC 5272 Cluster, globular 33.9 Canes Venatici 6.2
M4 T12 Messier4.jpg NGC 6121 Cluster, globular 7.2 Scorpius 5.9
M5 T16 Messier5.jpg NGC 5904 Cluster, globular 24.5 Serpens 6.7
M6 T12 Messier6.jpg NGC 6405 Butterfly Cluster Cluster, open 1.6 Scorpius 4.2
M7 T12 Messier7.jpg NGC 6475 Ptolemy Cluster Cluster, open 0.65-1.31 Scorpius 3.3
M8 T12 Messier8.jpg NGC 6523 Lagoon Nebula Nebula with cluster 4.1 Sagittarius 6
M9 T9 Messier9.jpg NGC 6333 Cluster, globular 25.8 Ophiuchus 8.4
M10 T16 Messier10.jpg NGC 6254 Cluster, globular 14.3 Ophiuchus 6.4
M11 T8 Messier11.jpg NGC 6705 Wild Duck Cluster Cluster, open 6.2 Scutum 6.3
M12 T8 Messier12.jpg NGC 6218 Cluster, globular 15.7 Ophiuchus 7.7
M13 T16 Messier13.jpg NGC 6205 Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Cluster, globular 22.2 Hercules 5.8
M14 Messier14.jpg NGC 6402 Cluster, globular 30.3 Ophiuchus 8.3
M15 Messier15.jpg NGC 7078 Cluster, globular 33 Pegasus 6.2
M16 T21 Messier16.jpg NGC 6611 Eagle Nebula Nebula, H II region with cluster 7 Serpens 6
M17 T17 Messier17.jpg NGC 6618 Omega, Swan, Horseshoe, or Lobster Nebula Nebula, H II region with cluster 6-May Sagittarius 6
M18 T13 Messier18.jpg NGC 6613 Cluster, open 4.9 Sagittarius 7.5
M19 Messier19.jpg NGC 6273 Cluster, globular 28.7 Ophiuchus 7.5
M20 T12 Messier20.jpg NGC 6514 Trifid Nebula Nebula, H II region with cluster 5.2 Sagittarius 6.3
M21 T12 Messier21.jpg NGC 6531 Cluster, open 4.25 Sagittarius 6.5
M22 T13 Messier22.jpg NGC 6656 Sagittarius Cluster Cluster, globular 9.6-11.6 Sagittarius 5.1
M23 T12 Messier23.jpg NGC 6494 Cluster, open 2.15 Sagittarius 6.9
M24 Messier24.jpg IC 4715 Sagittarius Star Cloud Milky Way star cloud ~10 Sagittarius 4.6
M25 Messier25.jpg IC 4725 Cluster, open 2 Sagittarius 4.6
M26 Messier26.jpg NGC 6694 Cluster, open 5 Scutum 8
M27 Messier27.jpg NGC 6853 Dumbbell Nebula Nebula, planetary 1.148-1.52 Vulpecula 7.5
M28 T17 Messier28.jpg NGC 6626 Cluster, globular 17.9 Sagittarius 7.7
M29 Messier29.jpg NGC 6913 Cluster, open 7.2 Cygnus 7.1
M30 T17 Messier30.jpg NGC 7099 Cluster, globular 27.8-31 Capricornus 7.7
M31 T20 Messier31.jpg NGC 224 Andromeda Galaxy Galaxy, spiral 2,430-2,650 Andromeda 3.4
M32 Messier32.jpg NGC 221 Galaxy, dwarf elliptical 2,410-2,570 Andromeda 8.1
M33 T3 Messier33.jpg NGC 598 Triangulum Galaxy Galaxy, spiral 2,380-3,070 Triangulum 5.7
M34 Messier34.jpg NGC 1039 Cluster, open 1.5 Perseus 5.5
M35 T20 Messier35.jpg NGC 2168 Cluster, open 2.8 Gemini 5.3
M36 T14 Messier36.jpg NGC 1960 Cluster, open 4.1 Auriga 6.3
M37 T24 Messier37.jpg NGC 2099 Cluster, open 4.511 Auriga 6.2
M38 T24 Messier38.jpg NGC 1912 Cluster, open 4.2 Auriga 7.4
M39 Messier39.jpg NGC 7092 Cluster, open 0.8244 Cygnus 5.5
M40 T16 Messier40.jpg Winnecke 4 Double star WNC4 0.51 Ursa Major 9.7
M41 Messier41.jpg NGC 2287 Cluster, open 2.3 Canis Major 4.5
M42 T20 Messier42.jpg NGC 1976 Orion Nebula Nebula, H II region 1.324-1.364 Orion 4
M43 Messier43.jpg NGC 1982 De Mairan's Nebula Nebula, H II region
M44 60px NGC 2632 Beehive Cluster Cluster, open 0.577 Cancer 3.7
M45 T14 Messier45.jpg Pleiades Cluster, open 0.39-0.46 Taurus 1.6
M46 Messier46.jpg NGC 2437 Cluster, open 5.4 Puppis 6.1
M47 T20 Messier47.jpg NGC 2422 Cluster, open 1.6 Puppis 4.2
M48 Messier48.jpg NGC 2548 Cluster, open 1.5 Hydra 5.5
M49 Messier49.jpg NGC 4472 Galaxy, elliptical 53,600-58,200 Virgo 9.4
M50 Messier50.jpg NGC 2323 Cluster, open 3.2 Monoceros 5.9
M51 T16 Messier51.jpg NGC 5194, NGC 5195 Whirlpool Galaxy Galaxy, spiral 19,000-27,000 Canes Venatici 8.4
M52 Messier52.jpg NGC 7654 Cluster, open 5 Cassiopeia 5
M53 T16 Messier53.jpg NGC 5024 Cluster, globular 58 Coma Berenices 8.3
M54 T12 Messier54.jpg NGC 6715 Cluster, globular 87.4 Sagittarius 8.4
M55 Messier55.jpg NGC 6809 Cluster, globular 17.6 Sagittarius 7.4
M56 T20 Messier56.jpg NGC 6779 Cluster, globular 32.9 Lyra 8.3
M57 T11 Messier57.jpg NGC 6720 Ring Nebula Nebula, planetary 1.6-3.8 Lyra 8.8
M58 T14 Messier58.jpg NGC 4579 Galaxy, barred spiral ~63,000 Virgo 10.5
M59 T16 Messier59.jpg NGC 4621 Galaxy, elliptical 55,000-65,000 Virgo 10.6
M60 T16 Messier60.jpg NGC 4649 Galaxy, elliptical 51,000-59,000 Virgo 9.8
M61 Messier61.jpg NGC 4303 Galaxy, spiral 50.2-54.6 Virgo 10.2
M62 Messier62.jpg NGC 6266 Cluster, globular 22.2 Ophiuchus 7.4
M63 T16 Messier63.jpg NGC 5055 Sunflower Galaxy Galaxy, spiral 37,000 Canes Venatici 9.3
M64 T3 Messier64.jpg NGC 4826 Black Eye Galaxy Galaxy, spiral 22,000-26,000 Coma Berenices 9.4
M65 Messier65.jpg NGC 3623 Leo Triplet Galaxy, barred spiral 41,000-42,000 Leo 10.3
M66 Messier66.jpg NGC 3627 Leo Triplet Galaxy, barred spiral 31,000-41,000 Leo 8.9
M67 T21 Messier67.jpg NGC 2682 Cluster, open 2.61-2.93 Cancer 6.1
M68 T30 Messier68.jpg NGC 4590 Cluster, globular 33.6 Hydra 9.7
M69 T9 Messier69.jpg NGC 6637 Cluster, globular 29.7 Sagittarius 8.3
M70 Messier70.jpg NGC 6681 Cluster, globular 29.4 Sagittarius 9.1
M71 Messier71.jpg NGC 6838 Cluster, globular 13 Sagitta 6.1
M72 T9 Messier72.jpg NGC 6981 Cluster, globular 53.40-55.74 Aquarius 9.4
M73 Messier73.jpg NGC 6994 Asterism ~2.5 Aquarius 9
M74 Messier74.jpg NGC 628 Galaxy, spiral 24,000-36,000 Pisces 10
M75 T9 Messier75.jpg NGC 6864 Cluster, globular 67.5 Sagittarius 9.2
M76 Messier76.jpg NGC 650, NGC 651 Little Dumbbell Nebula Nebula, planetary 2.5 Perseus 10.1
M77 Messier77.jpg NGC 1068 Cetus A Galaxy, spiral 47,000 Cetus 9.6
M78 Messier78.jpg NGC 2068 Nebula, diffuse 1.6 Orion 8.3
M79 Messier79.jpg NGC 1904 Cluster, globular 41 Lepus 8.6
M80 T12 Messier80.jpg NGC 6093 Cluster, globular 32.6 Scorpius 7.9
M81 T11 Messier81.jpg NGC 3031 Bode's Galaxy Galaxy, spiral 11,400-12,200 Ursa Major 6.9
M82 T11 Messier82.jpg NGC 3034 Cigar Galaxy Galaxy, starburst 10,700-12,300 Ursa Major 8.4
M83 T13 Messier83.jpg NGC 5236 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Galaxy, barred spiral 14,700 Hydra 7.5
M84 T12 Messier84.jpg NGC 4374 Galaxy, lenticular 57,000-63,000 Virgo 10.1
M85 T16 Messier85.jpg NGC 4382 Galaxy, lenticular 56,000-64,000 Coma Berenices 10
M86 T12 Messier86.jpg NGC 4406 Galaxy, lenticular 49,000-55,000 Virgo 9.8
M87 Messier87.jpg NGC 4486 Virgo A Galaxy, elliptical 51,870-55,130 Virgo 9.6
M88 T20 Messier88.jpg NGC 4501 Galaxy, spiral 39,000-56,000 Coma Berenices 10.4
M89 Messier89.jpg NGC 4552 Galaxy, elliptical 47,000-53,000 Virgo 10.7
M90 T21 Messier90.jpg NGC 4569 Galaxy, spiral 55,900-61,500 Virgo 10.3
M91 Messier91.jpg NGC 4548 Galaxy, barred spiral 47,000-79,000 Coma Berenices 11
M92 T14 Messier92.jpg NGC 6341 Cluster, globular 26.7 Hercules 6.3
M93 Messier93.jpg NGC 2447 Cluster, open 3.6 Puppis 6
M94 T18 Messier94.jpg NGC 4736 Galaxy, spiral 14,700-17,300 Canes Venatici 9
M95 Messier95.jpg NGC 3351 Galaxy, barred spiral 31,200-34,000 Leo 11.4
M96 Messier96.jpg NGC 3368 Galaxy, spiral 28,000-34,000 Leo 10.1
M97 T21 Messier97.jpg NGC 3587 Owl Nebula Nebula, planetary 2.03 Ursa Major 9.9
M98 T20 Messier98.jpg NGC 4192 Galaxy, spiral 44,400 Coma Berenices 11
M99 T20 Messier99.jpg NGC 4254 Galaxy, spiral 44,700-55,700 Coma Berenices 10.4
M100 T16 Messier100.jpg NGC 4321 Galaxy, spiral 55,000 Coma Berenices 10.1
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