Messier 63 or M63, also known as NGC 5055 or the seldom-used Sunflower Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici with...
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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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Messier in 1781. It is the faintest object in the Messier catalog, with an apparent magnitude of 10.2. As a result of a bookkeeping error by Messier,...
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Galaxy". In 1779, Pierre Méchain and Charles Messier reidentified Bode's object, hence listed it in the Messier Catalogue. The galaxy is to be found approximately...
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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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 87. Messier 87, SEDS Messier pages ESA/Hubble images of M87 Messier 87 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS...
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Winnecke 4 (redirect from Messier Object 40)
Charles Messier in 1764 while he was searching for a nebula that had been reported in the area by Johannes Hevelius. Not seeing any nebulae, Messier catalogued...
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the Sunflower: Photometry of the Stellar Tidal Stream in the Halo of Messier 63 (NGC 5055)". The Astronomical Journal. 142 (5): 166. arXiv:1109.0019....
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