During the years from 1758 to 1782 Charles Messier, a French astronomer (1730 - 1817), compiled a list of approximately 100 diffuse objects that were difficult to distinguish from comets through the telescopes of the day.
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[A note in Messier's handwriting added in the margin of his copy of the Connoissance des Temps for 1783 reads:] `This nebula reported on the great English atlas: Seen by Dr Bevis about 1731. according to his letter written to me on 10th June 1771.'
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Messier Object Index ... Last Modification: August 22, 2007 ... You can also view the Messier objects by constellation: long form or short form or by object type.
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Messier object - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by French astronomer Charles Messier in his "Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles" ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Cluste...
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List of Messier objects - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his "Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles" ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Cl...
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Messier Objects with Data ... Homogenous data for all the Messier objects of their various types are plainly unavailable from professional sources, so our compilation is necessarily preliminary and far from being perfect, even if we completely disregard the generally poor availability of acurate distances.
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CCD Images of Messier Objects: ... These objects were discovered in the 18th century and were catalogued so that eyeball observers using small telescopes would not confuse them with comets. With the naked eye as a detector, most of these objects appear as dim grayish blobs. ... Messier Objects 1-9:
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A list of 110 nebulous-looking celestial objects (a variety of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies), the first 103 of which were compiled by Charles Messier in the eighteenth century; it was one of the earliest important astronomical catalogues. ... The Messier Objects...
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THE MESSIER CATALOG ... Click on the image for accessing each Messier object directly ... Messier objects as in Sky Atlas and Sky Catalogue 2000.0...
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Messier Object Index ... You can also view the Messier objects by constellation: long form or short form or by object type. ... M1 The Crab Nebula supernova remnant in Taurus...
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