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What is the Messier Catalog?
What is the Messier Catalog?
The Messier Catalog is a popular list of deep sky objects among amateur astronomers. Created by and named after Charles Messier, the list is well known, in part, due to the accessibility of the objects found on its list. Even the most modest astronomical equipment can view various objects on the Messier Catalog. Furthermore, the Astronomical League gives out a special award to whoever can spot every object on the Messier Catalog. Those who succeed are given a certificate and are bestowed the honor of joining the Messier Club. Included among the objects in the Messier Catalog are the Orion nebula, The Great Hercules Globular Cluster, and The Pleiades.
M1 (The Crab Nebula)
M2
M3
M4 (Spider Globular)
M5 (Rose Cluster)
M6 (Butterfly Cluster)
M7 (Ptolemy's Cluster)
M8 (Lagoon Nebula)
M9
M10
M11 (The Wild Duck Cluster)
M12
M13 (The Great Hercules Globular Cluster)
M14
M15 (Great Pegasus Cluster)
M16 (The Eagle Nebula)
M17 (Swan Nebula)
M18 (Black Swan Cluster)
M19
M20 (The Trifid Nebula)
M21 (Webb's Cross Cluster)
M22 (Great Sagittarius Cluster)
M23
M24
M25
M26
M27 (The Dumbbell Nebula)
M28
M29 (Cooling Tower)
M30 (Jellyfish Cluster)
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
M32
M33 (The Triangulum Galaxy)
M34 (Spiral Cluster)
M35 (Shoe-Buckle Cluster)
M36 (Pinwheel Cluster)
M37 (Salt and Pepper Cluster)
M38 (Starfish Cluster)
M39
M40 (Winnecke-4)
M41 (Little Beehive Cluster)
M42 (Orion Nebula)
M43 (De Mairan's Nebula)
M44 (Beehive Cluster)
M45 (The Pleiades)
M46
M47
M48
M49
M50 (Heart-Shaped Cluster)
M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)
M52 (Scorpion Cluster)
M53
M54
M55 (Specter Cluster)
M56
M57 (The Ring Nebula)
M58
M59
M60
M61 (Swelling Spiral)
M62 (Flickering Globular)
M63 (Sunflower Galaxy)
M64 (Black Eye Galaxy)
M65
M66
M67 (King Cobra Cluster)
M68
M69
M70
M71 (Angelfish Cluster)
M72
M73
M74 (Phantom Galaxy)
M75
M76 (Little Dumbbell Galaxy)
M77 (Squid Galaxy)
M78 (Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula)
M79
M80
M81 (Bode's Galaxy)
M82 (Cigar Galaxy)
M83 (Southern Pinwheel Galaxy)
M84
M85
M86
M87 (Smoking Gun Galaxy)
M88
M89
M90
M91
M92
M93 (Critter Cluster)
M94 (Cat's Eye Galaxy)
M95
M96
M97 (Owl Nebula)
M98
M99 (St. Catherine’s Wheel)
M100 (Mirror Galaxy)
M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy)
M102 (Spindle Galaxy)
M103
M104 (The Sombrero Galaxy)
M105
M106
M107 (Crucifix Cluster)
M108 (Surfboard Galaxy)
M109 (Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy)
M110
Resources
Resources
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NOIRLAB. Messier 14 in Ophiuchus . Wikipedia, 30 Jan. 2020, https://noirlab.edu/public/es/images/noao-m14/.
ESO. “Wild Ducks Take Flight in Open Cluster.” ESO, Wikipedia, 1 Oct. 2014, http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1430a/.
Colombari, Roberto. Messier 24 Is the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud. Wikipedia, 29 June 2018, https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180629.html.
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Nielsen, Ole. M37 (NGC 2099) Open Cluster. Wikipedia, 28 Jan. 2006, http://www.ngc7000.org/ccd/oc-winter.html.
Garcia, Miguel. “ Open Cluster M38, 18 x 300 Seconds Exposures, Takahashi 102 f/6 Refractor. Feb 19, 2015. Taken in Weston, FL.” Wikipedia, 19 Feb. 2015, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M38_Open_Cluster.jpg.
Star, Bob. “M45 The Pleiades Star Cluster and Nebulosity. NJNS Star Party. Orion 80ED F/7.5 Piggybacked on a CGE1100 Unguided Canon 300D Unmodified Baader IR/UV Filter 7 180second 1600iso Images Combined and Processed in Photoshop Noise Reduction in Neat Image.” Flickr, 20 Nov. 2005, https://www.flickr.com
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Nielsen, Ole. M48 Open Cluster. Wikipedia, 13 Mar. 2004, http://www.ngc7000.org/ccd/oc-winter.html.
Nielsen, Ole. M47 Open Cluster. Wikipedia, 25 Jan. 2003, http://www.ngc7000.org/ccd/oc-winter.html.
Nielsen, Ole. M50 Open Cluster. Wikipedia, 13 Mar. 2004, http://www.ngc7000.org/ccd/oc-winter.html.
Block, Adam. “Optics 32-Inch Schulman Telescope (RC Optical Systems), Acquired Remotely Camera SBIG STX 16803 CCD Camera Filters AstroDon Gen II Dates January 2012 Location Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Exposure LRGB = 240:70:70:70 Minutes Acquisition ACP Observatory Control Software (DC-3 Dreams),TheSky (Software Bisque), Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen) Processing CCDStack (CCDWare), Photoshop CS5 (Adobe), PixInsight Credit Line and Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona.” Caelumobservatory, 28 July 2012, Optics 32-inch Schulman Telescope (RC Optical Systems), Acquired remotely Camera SBIG STX 16803 CCD Camera Filters AstroDon Gen II Dates January 2012 Location Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Exposure LRGB = 240:70:70:70 minutes Acquisition ACP Observatory Control Software (DC-3 Dreams),TheSky (Software Bisque), Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen) Processing CCDStack (CCDWare), Photoshop CS5 (Adobe), PixInsight Credit Line and Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona. Accessed 22 June 2022.
En:user:Anttler. “This Image Was Taken in Kalkaska Mi March of 2007 with a Canon 350D and 8’ Telescope.” Wikipedia, Mar. 2007, en:Image:M65.jpg. Accessed 22 June 2022.
ESO. “Colour Composite Image of the Spiral Galaxy M 66 (or NGC 3627) Obtained with the FORS1 and FORS2 Multi-Mode Instruments (at VLT MELIPAL and YEPUN, Respectively). NGC 3627 Is Located in the Constellation Leo (The Lion). It Is a Beautiful Spiral with a Well-Developed Central Bulge. It Also Displays Large-Scale Dust Lanes. Many Regions of Warm Hydrogen Gas Are Seen throughout the Disc of This Galaxy. The Latter Regions Are Being Ionised by Radiation from Clusters of Newborn Stars. North towards Upper Left, West towards Upper Right. .” Wikipedia, 7 Jan. 20
“M76 - The Little Dumbbell Nebula.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, 1 May 2007, http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/images/NJP/m76.html.09, http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0338c/. Accessed 22 June 2022.
Ngc1535. “Deep Exposures of Galaxies Using the 0.8m Schulman Telescope at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Credit Line & Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona.” Wikipedia, 4 Apr. 2015, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object#/media/File:M77_Galaxy_from_the_Mount_Lemmon_SkyCenter_Schulman_Telescope_courtesy_Adam_Block.jpg.jpg. Accessed 22 June 2022.
Chekalin, Igor, and ESO. “Messier 78: A Reflection Nebula in Orion.” Www.eso.org, 16 Feb. 2011, http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1105a/.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey. “Messier90 - SDSS DR14 (Panorama).Jpg.” Wikipedia, 12 Mar. 2020, http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr14/SkyServerWS/ImgCutout/getjpeg?TaskName=Skyserver.Chart.Image&ra=189.207567&dec=+13.162869&scale=0.42&width=2000&height=2000&opt=&query=. Accessed 22 June 2022.
Information@eso.org, ESO. “The VLT Goes Lion Hunting.” Www.eso.org, 19 Mar. 2012, http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1212a/.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey. “Messier108 - SDSS DR 14 (Panorama).Jpg.” Wikipedia, 26 Jan. 2019, http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr14/SkyServerWS/ImgCutout/getjpeg?TaskName=Skyserver.Chart.Image&ra=167.879029&dec=+55.674122&scale=0.3515625&width=2048&height=1080&opt=&query=. Accessed 22 June 2022.
Dayag, David. “Andromeda Galaxy 560mm FL.jpg.” Wikipedia, 9 July 2019, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andromeda_Galaxy_560mm_FL.jpg. Accessed 22 June 2022.
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