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Saturday, January 18, 2025

List of Messier objects

This post is a list of Messier objects. This set was originally published in 1774 by Charles Messier. The modern name for each object is also provided (blank if unnamed). There are 110 objects listed below. Source: Wikipedia

M1: Crab Nebula
M2:
M3:
M4: Spider Globular Cluster
M5: Rose Cluster
M6: Butterfly Cluster
M7: Ptolemy's Cluster
M8: Lagoon Nebular
M9:
M10:
M11: Wild Duck Cluster
M12:
M13: Great Hercules Cluster
M14:
M15: Great Pegasus Cluster
M16: Eagle Nebula
M17: Omega Nebula
M18: Black Swan Cluster
M19:
M20: Trifid Nebula
M21: Webb's Cross Cluster
M22: Great Sagittarius Cluster
M23:
M24: Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
M25:
M26:
M27: Dumbbell Nebula
M28:
M29: Cooling Tower Cluster
M30: Jellyfish Cluster
M31: Andromeda Galaxy
M32: Andromeda Satellite #1
M33: 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: Great Orion Nebula
M43: De Mairan's Nebula
M44: Beehive Cluster
M45: Pleiades
M46:
M47:
M48:
M49:
M50: Heart-Shaped Cluster
M51: Whirlpool Galaxy
M52: Scorpion Cluster
M53:
M54:
M55: Specter Cluster
M56:
M57: Ring Nebula
M58:
M59:
M60:
M61: Swelling Spiral Galaxy
M62: Flickering Globular
M63: Sunflower Galaxy
M64: Black Eye Galaxy
M65: Leo Triplet
M66: Leo Triplet
M67: King Cobra Cluster
M68:
M69:
M70:
M71: Angelfish Cluster
M72:
M73:
M74: Phantom Galaxy
M75:
M76: Little Dumbbell Nebula
M77: Squid Galaxy
M78:
M79:
M80:
M81: Bode's Galaxy
M82: Cigar Galaxy
M83: Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
M84:
M85:
M86:
M87: Virgo A
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: Sombrero Galaxy
M105:
M106:
M107: Crucifix Cluster
M108: Surfboard Galaxy
M109: Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy
M110: