Messier 93 or M93, also known as NGC 2447 or the Critter Cluster, is an open cluster in the modestly southern constellation Puppis, the imagined poop deck...
8 KB (710 words) - 11:06, 18 July 2024
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...
70 KB (2,313 words) - 12:33, 22 July 2024
Phecda (γ UMa, Gamma Ursa Majoris). Messier 109 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. Two years later Charles Messier catalogued the object, as an appended...
7 KB (608 words) - 03:05, 26 July 2024
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...
53 KB (5,435 words) - 05:42, 3 September 2024
at the Cape of Good Hope. Charles Messier added it to his catalogue of nebulous objects (now known as the Messier Catalogue) in March 1781. It is one...
16 KB (1,316 words) - 05:54, 17 August 2024
naked eye under dark skies, and its brightest stars are 6th magnitude. Messier 93 (M93) is another open cluster somewhat to the south. NGC 2451 is a very...
10 KB (901 words) - 03:31, 29 August 2024
Group to combine bright spirals and a bright elliptical galaxy (Messier 105). List of Messier objects "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database", Results for NGC...
10 KB (845 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2024
galaxies in the constellation Leo, the other Messier objects of which are M96 and M105. List of Messier objects "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results...
10 KB (814 words) - 11:07, 18 July 2024
Pinwheel Galaxy (redirect from Messier Object 101)
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...
19 KB (1,838 words) - 14:46, 5 July 2024