Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major...
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The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...
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M81 Group (redirect from Messier 81 Group)
constellations Ursa Major and Camelopardalis that includes the galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82, as well as several other galaxies with high apparent brightnesses...
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10584-11-1 (in Messier 81) 10584-8-1 (in Messier 81) 10584-8-2 (in Messier 81) ZH 244 (in Messier 81) ZH 224 (in Messier 81) 10584-13-2 (in Messier 81) ZH 1143...
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children to take up the sport." Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and Doug Messier. He was the second son and third...
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Triangulum Galaxy (redirect from Messier 33)
infall proper into the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). List of galaxies Messier object List of Messier objects New General Catalogue NGC 55 Pisces Dwarf Andromeda-Milky...
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Purple Clockwise, from top left: an iris; bishops; an eggplant; sunset; Messier 81 Color coordinates Hex triplet #800080 sRGBB (r, g, b) (128, 0, 128)...
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media related to Messier 28. Globular Cluster M28 @ SEDS Messier pages Messier 28, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Messier 28 on WikiSky: DSS2...
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brighter galaxies visible from the Northern Hemisphere have Messier numbers, named after Charles Messier. There are a few other comprehensive catalogs that assign...
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astronomy-mall.com. SEDS, Messier 81 S. J. O'Meara (1998). The Messier Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University. ISBN 978-0-521-55332-2. "Messier 81 naked-eye". 10...
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