Messier Objects

05/11/11

 

Charles Messier (1730-1817) was a French astronomer intrigued by comets.  Using the tools available to him at the time he spent most of his life in the search for comets.  During the search he would often find a comet candidate only to discover, after careful observations, that the object did not move as a comet would.  These items were compiled and catalogued so that he, as well as other comet seekers, could quickly determine if what they observed was a real comet candidate or not.  The Messier list contains 110 objects which are popular targets for observation by amateur astronomers.  Hope you enjoy my photographs of Messier Objects.

M1

Crab

Nebula

M2

M3

 

M4

M5

 

M6

 

M7

M8

Lagoon

Nebula

M9

M10

 

M11

M12

M13

M14

M15

M16

 

M17

 

M18

 

M19

M20

 

M21

 

M22

 

M23

 

M24

 

M25

 

M26

M27

Dumbbell

Nebula

 

M28

M29

M30

 

M31

Andromeda

Galaxy

M32

M33

Pinwheel

Galaxy

M34

 

M35

M36

M37

 

M38

M39

 

M40

M41

M42

Orion

Nebula

 

M43

 

M44

Beehive

Cluster

 

M45

Pleiades

M46

 

M47

 

M48

 

M49

 

M50

 

M51

Whirlpool

Galaxy

M52

M53

 

M54

 

M55

M56

M57

Ring

Nebula

 

M58

 

M59

 

M60

M61

 

M62

M63

Sunflower

Galaxy

M64

Black Eye

Galaxy

M65

M66

M67

 

M68

 

M69

 

M70

M71

M72

M73

M74

M75

 

M76

M77

 

M78

 

M79

 

M80

M81

M82

 

M83

 

M84

 

M85

 

M86

M87

 

M88

 

M89

M90

M91

M92

M93

M94

M95

M96

M97

Owl

Nebula

M98

 

M99

 

M100

M101

M102

Same

as M101

M103

M104

Sombrero

Galaxy

M105

M106

 

M107

M108

M109

M110

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