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Messier Objects

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The Messier objects are a set of astronomical DSO objects first listed by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1771. Messier was a comet hunter, and was frustrated by objects which resembled but were not comets, so he compiled a list of them, in collaboration with his assistant Pierre Méchain, to avoid wasting time on them. A similar list had been published in 1654 by Giovanni Hodierna, but had no impact and was probably not known to Messier.

[top]Messier Object Sortable List

Messier Number Messier Common Name Constellation Type Apparent Magnitude
M1 Crab Nebula Taurus Supernova Remains 8.40
M2 Aquarius Globular Cluster 6.50
M3 Canes Venatici Globular Cluster 6.20
M4 Scorpius Globular Cluster 5.60
M5 Serpens Globular Cluster 5.60
M6 Scorpius Open Cluster 4.20
M7 Scorpius Open Cluster 4.10
M8 Sagittarius Nebula 6.00
M9 Ophiuchus Globular Cluster 7.70
M10 Ophiuchus Globular Cluster 6.60
M11 Scutum Open Cluster 6.30
M12 Ophiuchus Globular Cluster 6.70
M13 Hercules Globular Cluster 5.80
M14 Ophiuchus Globular Cluster 7.60
M15 Hercules Cluster Pegasus Globular Cluster 6.20
M16 Serpens Open Cluster 6.40
M17 Sagittarius Nebula 7.00
M18 Sagittarius Open Cluster 7.50
M19 Ophiuchus Globular Cluster 6.80
M20 Sagittarius Nebula 9.00
M21 Sagittarius Open Cluster 6.50
M22 Sagittarius Globular Cluster 5.10
M23 Sagittarius Open Cluster 6.90
M24 Sagittarius Patch of Milky Way 4.60
M25 Sagittarius Open Cluster 6.50
M26 Scutum Open Cluster 8.00
M27 Vulpecula Planetary Nebula 7.40
M28 Sagittarius Globular Cluster 6.80
M29 Cygnus Open Cluster 7.10
M30 Capricornus Globular Cluster 7.20
M31 Andromeda Galaxy Andromeda Spiral Galaxy 3.40
M32 Andromeda Elliptical Galaxy 8.10
M33 Triangulum Spiral Galaxy 5.70
M34 Perseus Open Cluster 5.50
M35 Gemini Open Cluster 5.30
M36 Auriga Open Cluster 6.30
M37 Auriga Open Cluster 6.20
M38 Auriga Open Cluster 7.40
M39 Cygnus Open Cluster 4.60
M40 Ursa Major Binary Star 8.40
M41 Canis Major Open Cluster 4.60
M42 Orion Nebula Orion Nebula 4.00
M43 Orion Nebula 9.00
M44 Cancer Open Cluster 3.70
M45 Pleiades Taurus Open Cluster 1.60
M46 Puppis Open Cluster 6.00
M47 Puppis Open Cluster 5.20
M48 Hydra Open Cluster 5.50
M49 Virgo Elliptical Galaxy 8.40
M50 Monoceros Open Cluster 6.30
M51 Canes Venatici Spiral Galaxy 8.40
M52 Cassiopeia Open Cluster 7.30
M53 Coma Berenices Globular Cluster 7.60
M54 Sagittarius Globular Cluster 7.60
M55 Sagittarius Globular Cluster 6.30
M56 Lyra Globular Cluster 8.30
M57 Ring Nebula Lyra Planetary Nebula 8.80
M58 Virgo Spiral Galaxy 9.70
M59 Virgo Elliptical Galaxy 9.60
M60 Virgo Elliptical Galaxy 8.80
M61 Virgo Spiral Galaxy 9.70
M62 Ophiuchus Globular Cluster 6.50
M63 Canes Venatici Spiral Galaxy 8.60
M64 Coma Berenices Spiral Galaxy 8.50
M65 Leo Spiral Galaxy 9.30
M66 Leo Spiral Galaxy 8.90
M67 Cancer Open Cluster 6.10
M68 Hydra Globular Cluster 7.80
M69 Sagittarius Globular Cluster 7.60
M70 Sagittarius Globular Cluster 7.90
M71 Sagitta Globular Cluster 8.20
M72 Aquarius Globular Cluster 9.30
M73 Aquarius Asterism 9.00
M74 Pisces Spiral Galaxy 9.40
M75 Sagittarius Globular Cluster 8.50
M76 Perseus Planetary Nebula 10.10
M77 Cetus Spiral Galaxy 8.90
M78 Orion Nebula 8.30
M79 Lepus Globular Cluster 7.70
M80 Scorpius Globular Cluster 7.30
M81 Ursa Major Spiral Galaxy 6.90
M82 Ursa Major Irregular Galaxy 8.40
M83 Hydra Spiral Galaxy 7.60
M84 Virgo Lenticular Galaxy 9.10
M85 Coma Berenices Lenticular Galaxy 9.10
M86 Virgo Lenticular Galaxy 8.90
M87 Virgo Elliptical Galaxy 8.60
M88 Coma Berenices Spiral Galaxy 9.60
M89 Virgo Elliptical Galaxy 9.80
M90 Virgo Spiral Galaxy 9.50
M91 Coma Berenices Spiral Galaxy 10.20
M92 Hercules Globular Cluster 6.40
M93 Puppis Open Cluster 6.00
M94 Canes Venatici Spiral Galaxy 8.20
M95 Leo Spiral Galaxy 9.70
M96 Leo Spiral Galaxy 9.20
M97 Ursa Major Planetary Nebula 9.90
M98 Coma Berenices Spiral Galaxy 10.10
M99 Coma Berenices Spiral Galaxy 9.90
M100 Coma Berenices Spiral Galaxy 9.30
M101 Ursa Major Spiral Galaxy 7.90
M102 Draco Lenticular Galaxy 9.90
M103 Cassiopeia Open Cluster 7.40
M104 Virgo Spiral Galaxy 8.00
M105 Leo Elliptical Galaxy 9.30
M106 Canes Venatici Spiral Galaxy 8.40
M107 Ophiuchus Globular Cluster 7.90
M108 Ursa Major Spiral Galaxy 10.00
M109 Ursa Major Spiral Galaxy 9.80
M110 Andromeda Elliptical Galaxy 8.50

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