Charles Messier (+1817), a French Astronomer and Comet hunter, certainly made a wonderful contribution to Astronomy when, seeking to list those "fuzzy" celestial objects that were not comets, assembled his famous catalogue of star clusters and galaxies. In his attempts to put together a list of objects to avoid when searching for comets, he gave a us great place to look when hoping to spot some deep space objects.
Charles Messier (+1817)
I present here, for your immense enjoyment, the catalogue of Charles Messier, with the objects by number, with a common name if applicable, the type of object, the constellation where it might be located, and the magnitude of the object:
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Messier’s Catalogue
Messier # Name Object Type Constellation [Magnitude]
M1 The Crab Nebula supernova
remnant in Taurus
[8.4]
M13 Great
Hercules Globular Cluster globular cluster
in Hercules [5.9]
M17 The Omega or Swan
or Horseshoe or Lobster Nebula
M42 The Great
Orion Nebula emission nebula
in Orion [4]
M43 part of the Orion Nebula (de Mairan's
Nebula) emission nebula
in Orion
M44 Praesepe,
the Beehive Cluster open cluster
in Cancer [3.1]
M45 the Pleiades--the Seven Sisters open
cluster
in Taurus
[1.2]
M57 The Ring
Nebula planetary
nebula
in Lyra [9.0]
M76 The Little
Dumbell, Cork,
or Butterfly planetary nebula
in Perseus [11.5]
M83 The Southern
Pinwheel Galaxy spiral galaxy
in Hydra [7.6]
From: http://www.messier.obspm.fr/data3.html,
with magnitudes from: Stars and Planets
Peterson Guide
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