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Charles Messier. The first edition of 1774 covered 45 objects (M1 to M45).The total list published by Messier in 1781 contained 103 objects, but the list was expanded through successive additions by other astronomers, motivated by notes in Messier's and Méchain's texts indicating that at least one of them knew of the additional objects.
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Articles with the Messier number in the title use [[Category:Messier objects|###]], dropping the M prefix, and using only the number. The number should be padded up to 3 digits using zeroes. Articles without the Messier number in the title use [[Category:Messier objects]]. A redirect containing the Messier number should also be added to the ...
A Messier marathon is an attempt, usually organized by amateur astronomers, to find as many Messier objects as possible during one night. The Messier catalogue was compiled by French astronomer Charles Messier during the late 18th century and consists of 110 relatively bright deep-sky objects ( galaxies , nebulae , and star clusters ).
Chupina — (Chupina objects 1 to 5 are located at and near open star cluster Messier 67 in Cancer) CIO — Catalog of Infrared Observations; CLUST — (open star clusters) CMC — Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue; Cn — Cannon (planetary nebulae) (Cn1 / Cn2 / Cn3) Cog — Cogshall (double stars) Col — Collins (double stars)
Simple single page Star Chart for the Messier Objects. SVG format. -- w:user:Jim Cornmell 11:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Edited for xml correctness Zeimusu 14:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)