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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 ...
[8] [4] However, due to what was thought for a long time to be the incorrect addition of Messier 102, the total number remained 102. Other astronomers, using side notes in Messier's texts, eventually filled out the list up to 110 objects. [9] The catalogue consists of a diverse range of astronomical objects, from star clusters and nebulae to ...
Messier or Caldwell ID NGC number Common name Image Object type Distance Constellation Apparent magnitude – NGC 5557 Galaxy – Boötes: 11.1 – NGC 5566 Galaxy: 65,000 Virgo: 10.5 – NGC 5576 Galaxy – Virgo: 10.9 – NGC 5631 Galaxy – Ursa Major: 13 – NGC 5634 Globular Cluster: 88 Virgo: 9.6 – NGC 5676 Galaxy: 100,000 Boötes: 10.9 –
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[1] [2] Moore compiled a list of 109 objects to match the commonly accepted number of Messier objects (he excluded M110 [3]), and the list was published in Sky & Telescope in December 1995. [ 3 ] Moore used his other surname – Caldwell – to name the list, since the initial of "Moore" is already used for the Messier catalogue.
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Charles Messier (French: [ʃaʁl me.sje]; 26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters , which came to be known as the Messier objects , referred to with the letter M and their number between 1 and 110.
There are a few exceptions such as the Andromeda Galaxy, the Whirlpool Galaxy, and others, but most simply have a catalog number. In the 19th century, the exact nature of galaxies was not yet understood, and the early catalogs simply grouped together open clusters, globular clusters, nebulas, and galaxies: the Messier catalog has 110