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    Messier 72, SEDS Messier pages Messier 72, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Messier 72, LRGB CCD image based on two hours total exposure M-72...
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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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    The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius...
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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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    and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries. On February...
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    deep sky objects that are in the Messier catalog: the globular clusters Messier 2, Messier 72, and the asterism Messier 73. While M73 was originally catalogued...
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  • M72 (redirect from M-72)
    M72 or M-72 may refer to: Messier 72, a globular cluster in the constellation Aquarius M-72 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan, USA M72 (Johannesburg)...
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    Messier 84 or M84, also known as NGC 4374, is a giant elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Charles Messier discovered the object...
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  • 59m 32.7s −37° 07′ 17″ 11.3 6266 Messier 62 Globular cluster Ophiuchus 17h 01m 12.6s −30° 06′ 45″ 8.6 6273 Messier 19 Globular cluster Ophiuchus 17h...
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    Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from Messier 31)
    Messier 31". Astrophysical Journal. 69: 103–158. Bibcode:1929ApJ....69..103H. doi:10.1086/143167. Baade, Walter (1944). "The Resolution of Messier 32...
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