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Astronomical objects catalogued by Charles Messier

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| name = Messier Catalog | image = All messier objects (numbered).jpg | caption = All Messier objects | alt = Pictures of all messier objects | type = Astronomical catalogue | namedafter = Charles Messier | published = 1774 (preliminary version) | commons = Messier Catalog | onlysourced = yes | editonwikidata = no |image_scale=1.5}}

The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his ** (Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters). Because Messier was interested only in finding comets, he created a list of those non-comet objects that frustrated his hunt for them. This list, which Messier created in collaboration with his assistant Pierre Méchain, is now known as the Messier catalogue. The Messier catalogue is one of the most famous lists of astronomical objects, and many objects on the list are still referenced by their Messier numbers. | title = Original Messier Catalog of 1781 | website = Students for the Exploration and Development of Space | date = 10 November 2007 | url = http://messier.seds.org/xtra/Mcat/mcat1781.html#messier1781 The catalogue includes most of the astronomical deep-sky objects that can be easily observed from Earth's Northern Hemisphere; many Messier objects are popular targets for amateur astronomers. | last = Garner | first = Rob | date = 18 December 2018 | title = Hubble's Messier catalog | publisher = NASA | department = Goddard SFC | url = https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-messier-catalog |access-date = 17 January 2019

A preliminary version of the catalogue first appeared in 1774 in the Memoirs of the French Academy of Sciences for the year 1771. | title = Charles Messier's original catalog of 1771 | date = 15 June 2007 | website = Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) | url = http://messier.seds.org/xtra/history/m-cat71.html | access-date = 5 November 2015 | title = Messier catalog | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | url = https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/377197/Messier-catalog | access-date = 27 May 2015 The first version of Messier's catalogue contained 45 objects, which were not numbered. Eighteen of the objects were discovered by Messier; the rest had been previously observed by other astronomers. |last=Gingerich |first=Owen |date=September 1953 |title=Messier and his catalogue II |magazine=Sky & Telescope |issue=142 |url=https://archive.org/details/Sky_and_Telescope_1953-09-cbr |via=archive.org By 1780 the catalogue had increased to 70 objects. The final version of the catalogue containing 103 objects was published in 1781 in the Connaissance des Temps for the year 1784. However, due to what was thought for a long time to be the incorrect addition of Messier 102, the total number remained 102. Other astronomers, using side notes in Messier's texts, eventually expanded the list to 110 objects. | title = The Messier Catalogue | website = SEDS Messier Database | date = 27 May 2015 | publisher = SEDS | url = http://messier.seds.org/

The catalogue consists of a diverse range of astronomical objects, from star clusters and nebulae to galaxies. For example, Messier 1 is a supernova remnant, known as the Crab Nebula, and the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy is M31. Further inclusions followed. | first= Patrick | last= Moore | date= 1979 | title= The Guinness Book of Astronomy | publisher= Guinness Superlatives | isbn= 978-0-900424-76-2 | url= https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofas00moor | url-access= registration | via=archive.org

Lists and editions

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The first edition of 1774 covered 45 objects (M1 to M45). The total list published by Messier in 1781 contained 103 objects, but the list was expanded through successive additions by other astronomers, motivated by notes in Messier's and Méchain's texts indicating that at least one of them knew of the additional objects. The first such addition came from Nicolas Camille Flammarion in 1921, who added Messier 104 after finding a note Messier made in a copy of the 1781 edition of the catalogue. M105 to M107 were added by Helen Sawyer Hogg in 1947, M108 and M109 by Owen Gingerich in 1960, and M110 by Kenneth Glyn Jones in 1967. |first=Patrick |last=Moore |date=1979 |title=The Guinness Book of Astronomy |publisher=Guinness Superlatives |isbn=0-900424-76-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofas00moor |url-access=registration |via=archive.org M102 was observed by Méchain, who communicated his notes to Messier. Méchain later concluded that this object was simply a re-observation of M101, though some sources suggest that the object Méchain observed was the galaxy NGC 5866 and identify that as M102. |last=Frommert |first=Hartmut |date=10 May 1995 |title= Messier 102 |website=MSFC X-Ray Astronomy (InterNetNews) |via=SEDS |url=http://www.messier.seds.org/xtra/supp/m102art.txt |access-date=24 February 2019

Messier's final catalogue was included in the Connaissance des Temps pour l'Année 1784 [Knowledge of the Times for the Year 1784], the French official yearly publication of astronomical ephemerides.

Messier lived and conducted his astronomical work at the Hôtel de Cluny (now the Musée national du Moyen Âge), in Paris, France. The list he compiled contains only objects found in the sky area he could observe from the north celestial pole to a celestial latitude of about −35.7°. He did not observe or list objects visible only from farther south, such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. |last=English |first=Neil |date=2018 |title=Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy: A history of visual observing from Harriot to Moore |page=91 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3319977072 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9p1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 |access-date=9 October 2019

Observations

The Messier catalogue comprises nearly all of the most spectacular examples of the five types of deep-sky object – diffuse nebulae, planetary nebulae, open clusters, globular clusters, and galaxies – visible from European latitudes. Furthermore, almost all of the Messier objects are among the closest to Earth in their respective classes, which makes them heavily studied with professional class instruments that today can resolve small and visually significant details in them. A summary of the astrophysics of each Messier object can be found in the Concise Catalog of Deep-sky Objects.

Since these objects could be observed visually with the relatively small-aperture refracting telescope (approximately 100 mm ≈ 4 inches) used by Messier to study the sky from downtown Paris, they are among the brightest and thus most attractive astronomical objects (of the class popularly called deep-sky objects) observable from Earth, and are popular targets for visual study and astrophotography available to modern amateur astronomers using larger aperture equipment. In early spring, astronomers sometimes gather for "Messier marathons", when all of the objects can be viewed over a single night. |date=19 March 2013 |title=The Messier Marathon |url=http://messier.seds.org/xtra/marathon/marathon.html |publisher=Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) |access-date=17 May 2014 |last1=Stoyan |first1=Ronald |last2=Binnewies |first2=Stefan |last3=Friedrich |first3=Susanne |title=Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky |date=2008 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9783319977072

Messier objects

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no.NGC/IC no.Common nameImageObject type(kly)Right ascensionDeclinationM1M2M3M4M5M6M7M8M9M10M11M12M13M14M15M16M17M18M19M20M21M22M23M24M25M26M27M28M29M30M31M32M33M34M35M36M37M38M39M40M41M42M43M44M45M46M47M48M49M50M51M52M53M54M55M56M57M58M59M60M61M62M63M64M65M66M67M68M69M70M71M72M73M74M75M76M77M78M79M80M81M82M83M84M85M86M87M88M89M90M91M92M93M94M95M96M97M98M99M100M101M102M103M104M105M106M107M108M109M110
NGC 1952Crab Nebula[[File:Crab Nebula.jpgframelessupright=0.32]] remnant4.9–8.1Taurus8.4420″ × 290″
NGC 7089[[File:Messier2 - HST - Potw1913a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster33Aquarius6.516′
NGC 5272[[File:Messier3 - HST - Potw1914a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster33.9Canes Venatici6.218′
NGC 6121Spider Globular Cluster[[File:Globular star cluster Messier 4.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster7.2Scorpius5.626′
NGC 5904Rose Cluster[[File:Messier 5 - HST.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster24.5Serpens5.623′
NGC 6405Butterfly Cluster[[File:M6a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster1.6Scorpius4.225′
NGC 6475Ptolemy's Cluster[[File:The star cluster Messier 7.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster0.65–1.31Scorpius3.380′
NGC 6523Lagoon Nebula[[File:LagoonHunterWilson.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Nebula with cluster4.1Sagittarius4.690′ × 40′
NGC 6333[[File:Globular cluster Messier 9 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).tifframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster25.8Ophiuchus7.79.3′
NGC 6254[[File:Messier 10 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster14.3Ophiuchus6.620′
NGC 6705Wild Duck Cluster[[File:Eso1430a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster6.2Scutum5.822.8′
NGC 6218[[File:M12 Hubble.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster15.7Ophiuchus6.716′
NGC 6205Great Hercules Cluster[[File:Messier 13 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster22.2Hercules5.820′
NGC 6402[[File:Messier object 014.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster30.3Ophiuchus7.611′
NGC 7078Great Pegasus Cluster[[File:Messier 15 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster33Pegasus6.218′
NGC 6611Eagle Nebula[[File:Eagle Nebula from ESO.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]H II region nebula with cluster7Serpens6.470′ × 50′
NGC 6618Omega, Swan, Horseshoe, Lobster, or Checkmark Nebula[[File:The star formation region Messier 17.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]H II region nebula with cluster5–6Sagittarius6.011′
NGC 6613Black Swan Cluster[[File:Messier18.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster4.9Sagittarius7.59.8′
NGC 6273[[File:Messier 19 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster28.7Ophiuchus6.817′
NGC 6514Trifid Nebula[[File:Trifid.nebula.arp.750pix.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]H II region nebula with cluster5.2Sagittarius6.328′
NGC 6531Webb's Cross Cluster[[File:Messier object 021.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster4.25Sagittarius6.514′
NGC 6656Great Sagittarius Cluster[[File:Messier 22 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster9.6–11.6Sagittarius5.132′
NGC 6494[[File:Messier object 023.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster2.15Sagittarius5.535′
IC 4715Small Sagittarius Star Cloud[[File:Messier 24 Colombari crop invert.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Milky Way star cloud~10Sagittarius2.52°x1°
IC 4725[[File:Messier object 025.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster2.0Sagittarius4.636′
NGC 6694[[File:Messier 26.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster5.0Scutum8.014′
NGC 6853Dumbbell Nebula[[File:M27 - Dumbbell Nebula.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Planetary nebula1.148–1.52Vulpecula7.48.0′ × 5.6′
NGC 6626[[File:Nebulous, but no nebula Messier 28.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster17.9Sagittarius6.811.2′
NGC 6913Cooling Tower Cluster[[File:Messier_29.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster7.2Cygnus7.17′
NGC 7099Jellyfish Cluster[[File:Messier 30 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster27.8–31Capricornus7.212′
NGC 224Andromeda Galaxy[[File:Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha).jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy2,430–2,650Andromeda3.43.17° × 1°
NGC 221Andromeda Satellite #1[[File:M32 Lanoue.pngframelessupright=0.32]]Dwarf elliptical galaxy2,410–2,570Andromeda8.18.7′ × 6.5′
NGC 598Triangulum/Pinwheel Galaxy[[File:VST snaps a very detailed view of the Triangulum Galaxy.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy2,380–3,070Triangulum5.770.8′ × 41.7′
NGC 1039Spiral Cluster[[File:M34 2mass atlas.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster1.5Perseus5.535′
NGC 2168Shoe-Buckle Cluster[[File:M35atlas.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster2.8Gemini5.328′
NGC 1960Pinwheel Cluster[[File:M36a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster4.1Auriga6.312′
NGC 2099Salt and Pepper Cluster[[File:M37a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster4.511Auriga6.224′
NGC 1912Starfish Cluster[[File:M38 Open Cluster.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster4.2Auriga7.421′
NGC 7092Pyramid Cluster[[File:M39atlas.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster0.8244Cygnus4.629′
Winnecke 4[[File:Messier object 40.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Optical Double0.51Ursa Major8.451.7″
NGC 2287Little Beehive Cluster[[File:Messier 041 2MASS.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster2.3Canis Major4.538′
NGC 1976Great Orion Nebula[[File:Orion Nebula - Hubble 2006 mosaic 18000.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]H II region nebula1.324–1.364Orion4.065′ × 60′
NGC 1982De Mairan's Nebula[[File:M43 HST.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]H II region nebula (part of the Orion Nebula)
1.6Orion9.020′ × 15′
NGC 2632Beehive Cluster or Praesepe[[File:Messier 44 2018.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster0.577Cancer3.795′
Pleiades, Seven Sisters or Subaru[[File:Bob Star - M45 Carranza Field (by).jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster0.39–0.46Taurus1.62°
NGC 2437[[File:M46a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster5.4Puppis6.022.8′
NGC 2422[[File:M47a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster1.6Puppis4.430′
NGC 2548[[File:M48a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster1.5Hydra5.530′
NGC 4472[[File:Messier 49 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Elliptical galaxy53,600–58,200Virgo8.410.2′ × 8.3′
NGC 2323Heart-Shaped Cluster[[File:M50a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster3.2Monoceros5.916′
NGC 5194,NGC 5195Whirlpool Galaxy[[File:Messier51 sRGB.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy19,000–27,000Canes Venatici8.411.2′ × 6.9′
NGC 7654Scorpion Cluster[[File:M52atlas.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster5.0Cassiopeia7.313′
NGC 5024[[File:Globular Cluster M53.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster58Coma Berenices7.613′
NGC 6715[[File:Messier54.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster87.4Sagittarius7.612′
NGC 6809Specter Cluster[[File:Messier55.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster17.6Sagittarius6.319′
NGC 6779[[File:M56-LRGB.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster32.9Lyra8.38.8′
NGC 6720Ring Nebula[[File:M57 The Ring Nebula.JPGframelessupright=0.32]]Planetary nebula1.6–3.8Lyra8.8230″ × 230″
NGC 4579[[File:M58s (visible).jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxy~63,000Virgo9.75.9′ × 4.7′
NGC 4621[[File:Messier59 - HST - Potw1921a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Elliptical galaxy55,000–65,000Virgo9.65.4′ × 3.7′
NGC 4649[[File:Messier 60 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Elliptical galaxy51,000–59,000Virgo8.87.4′ × 6.0′
NGC 4303Swelling Spiral Galaxy[[File:Messier61 - ESO - Potw1901a.tifframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy50,200–54,800Virgo9.76.5′ × 5.8′
NGC 6266Flickering Globular[[File:Messier object 062.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster22.2Ophiuchus6.515′
NGC 5055Sunflower Galaxy[[File:M63s.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxyCanes Venatici8.612.6′ × 7.2′
NGC 4826Black Eye Galaxy[[File:Blackeyegalaxy.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy22,000–26,000Coma Berenices8.510.7′ × 5.1′
NGC 3623Leo Triplet[[File:M65.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxy41,000–42,000Leo9.38.7′ × 2.5′
NGC 3627Leo Triplet[[File:Phot-33c-03-fullres.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxy31,000–41,000Leo8.99.1′ × 4.2′
NGC 2682King Cobra or Golden Eye Cluster[[File:Messier object 067.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster2.61–2.93Cancer6.130′
NGC 4590[[File:Messier object 068.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster33.6Hydra7.811′
NGC 6637[[File:Messier object 069.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster29.7Sagittarius7.610.8′
NGC 6681[[File:Messier70.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster29.4Sagittarius7.98′
NGC 6838Angelfish Cluster[[File:Messier71.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster13.0Sagitta8.27.2′
NGC 6981[[File:Messier72.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster53.40–55.74Aquarius9.36.6′
NGC 6994[[File:Messier 073 2MASS.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Asterism~2.5Aquarius9.02.8′
NGC 628Phantom Galaxy[[File:Messier 74 by HST.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy24,000–36,000Pisces9.410.5′ × 9.5′
NGC 6864[[File:Messier75.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster67.5Sagittarius8.56.8′
NGC 650,NGC 651Little Dumbbell Nebula[[File:M76-RL5-DDmin-Gamma-LRGB 883x628.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Planetary nebula2.5Perseus10.12.7′ × 1.8′
NGC 1068Cetus A or Squid Galaxy[[File:Messier 77 spiral galaxy by HST.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxyCetus8.97.1′ × 6.0′
NGC 2068[[File:Messier 78.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Diffuse nebula1.6Orion8.38′ × 6′
NGC 1904[[File:M79a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster41Lepus7.78.7′
NGC 6093[[File:A Swarm of Ancient Stars - GPN-2000-000930.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster32.6Scorpius7.310′
NGC 3031Bode's Galaxy[[File:M81.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy11,400–12,200Ursa Major6.926.9′ × 14.1′
NGC 3034Cigar Galaxy[[File:JPEG M82 Cigar Galaxyjn.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Starburst galaxy10,700–12,300Ursa Major8.411.2′ × 4.3′
NGC 5236Southern Pinwheel Galaxy[[File:M83 - Southern Pinwheel.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxyHydra7.612.9′ × 11.5′
NGC 4374[[File:Messier 84 nucleus Hubble.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Lenticular galaxy57,000–63,000Virgo9.16.5′ × 5.6′
NGC 4382[[File:Messier 85 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Lenticular galaxy56,000–64,000Coma Berenices9.17.1′ × 5.5′
NGC 4406[[File:Messier 86 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Lenticular galaxy49,000–55,000Virgo8.98.9′ × 5.8′
NGC 4486Virgo A[[File:Messier 87 Hubble WikiSky.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Elliptical galaxy51,870–55,130Virgo8.67.2′ × 6.8′
NGC 4501[[File:M88s.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy39,000–56,000Coma Berenices9.66.9′ × 3.7′
NGC 4552[[File:Messier89 - HST - Potw1902a.tifframelessupright=0.32]]Elliptical galaxy47,000–53,000Virgo9.85.1′ × 4.7′
NGC 4569[[File:Messier90 - SDSS DR14 (panorama).jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy55,900–61,500Virgo9.59.5′ × 4.4′
NGC 4548[[File:M91s.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxy47,000–79,000Coma Berenices10.25.4′ × 4.3′
NGC 6341[[File:Globular Cluster M92.JPGframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster26.7Hercules6.414′
NGC 2447Critter Cluster[[File:Messier object 093.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster3.6Puppis6.010′
NGC 4736Crocodile Eye or Cat's Eye Galaxy[[File:Messier 94.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy14,700–17,300Canes Venatici8.211.2′ × 9.1′
NGC 3351[[File:The VLT goes lion hunting.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxy31,200–34,000Leo9.73.1′ × 2.9′
NGC 3368[[File:NGC 3368 ESO.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy28,000–34,000Leo9.27.6′ × 5.2′
NGC 3587Owl Nebula[[File:M97-stargazer-obs.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Planetary nebula2.03Ursa Major9.93.4′ × 3.3′
NGC 4192[[File:M-98.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxyComa Berenices10.19.8′ × 2.8′
NGC 4254St. Catherine's Wheel[[File:M99.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy44,700–55,700Coma Berenices9.95.4′ × 4.7′
NGC 4321Mirror Galaxy[[File:Messier 100 and Supernova SN 2006X.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxyComa Berenices9.37.4′ × 6.3′
NGC 5457Pinwheel Galaxy[[File:M101 hires STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy19,100–22,400Ursa Major7.928.8′ × 26.9′
NGC 5866Spindle Galaxy[[File:Ngc5866 hst big.pngframelessupright=0.32]]Lenticular galaxy50,000Draco9.94.7′ × 1.9′
NGC 581[[File:Messier object 103.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Open cluster10Cassiopeia7.46′
NGC 4594Sombrero Galaxy[[File:M104 ngc4594 sombrero galaxy hi-res.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy28,700–30,900Virgo8.09′ × 4′
NGC 3379[[File:Messier105 - HST - Potw1901a.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Elliptical galaxy30,400–33,600Leo9.35.4′ × 4.8′
NGC 4258[[File:Messier 106 visible and infrared composite.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Spiral galaxy22,200–25,200Canes Venatici8.418.6′ × 7.2′
NGC 6171Crucifix Cluster[[File:Messier object 107.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Globular cluster20.9Ophiuchus7.910′
NGC 3556Surfboard Galaxy[[File:Messier108 - SDSS DR 14 (panorama).jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxyUrsa Major10.08.7′ × 2.2′
NGC 3992Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy[[File:Messier109 - SDSS DR14 (panorama).jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Barred Spiral galaxy59,500–107,500Ursa Major9.87.6′ × 4.7′
NGC 205Andromeda Satellite #2[[File:Messier object 110.jpgframelessupright=0.32]]Dwarf elliptical galaxy2,600–2,780Andromeda8.521.9′ × 11.0′
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Star chart of Messier objects

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  28. "Messier 28".
  29. "Messier 29".
  30. "Messier 30".
  31. "Messier 31".
  32. "Messier 32".
  33. "Messier 33".
  34. "Messier 34".
  35. "Messier 35".
  36. "Messier 36".
  37. "Messier 37".
  38. "Messier 38".
  39. "Messier 39".
  40. "Messier 40".
  41. "Messier 41".
  42. "Messier 42".
  43. "Messier 43".
  44. "Messier 44".
  45. "Messier 45".
  46. "Messier 46".
  47. Stoyan, Ronald. (2008). "Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky". Cambridge University Press.
  48. "Messier 48".
  49. "Messier 49".
  50. "Messier 50".
  51. "Messier 51".
  52. "Messier 52".
  53. "Messier 53".
  54. "Messier 54".
  55. "Messier 55".
  56. "Messier 56".
  57. "Messier 57".
  58. "Messier 58".
  59. "Messier 59".
  60. "Messier 60".
  61. "Messier 61".
  62. "Messier 62".
  63. "Messier 63".
  64. "Messier 64".
  65. "Messier 65".
  66. "Messier 66".
  67. "Messier 67".
  68. "Messier 68".
  69. "Messier 69".
  70. "Messier 70".
  71. "Messier 71".
  72. "Messier 72".
  73. "Messier 73".
  74. "Messier 74".
  75. (24 July 2015). "Messier 74 Phantom Galaxy".
  76. "Messier 75".
  77. "Messier 76".
  78. "Messier 77".
  79. "Messier 78".
  80. "Messier 79".
  81. "Messier 80".
  82. "Messier 81".
  83. "Messier 82".
  84. "Messier 83".
  85. "Messier 84".
  86. "Messier 85".
  87. "Messier 86".
  88. "Messier 87".
  89. "Messier 88".
  90. "Messier 89".
  91. "Messier 90".
  92. "Messier 91".
  93. "Messier 92".
  94. "Messier 93".
  95. "Messier 94".
  96. "Messier 95".
  97. "Messier 96".
  98. "Messier 97".
  99. "Messier 98".
  100. "Messier 99".
  101. "Messier 100".
  102. "Messier 101".
  103. "Messier 102".
  104. "Messier 103".
  105. "Messier 104".
  106. "Messier 105".
  107. "Messier 106".
  108. "Messier 107".
  109. "Messier 108".
  110. "Messier 109".
  111. "Messier 110".

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