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Sky-Map.org (or WikiSky.org) is a wiki and interactive sky map that covers over half a billion known celestial bodies. [1] WikiSky is designed, in part, as a wiki . Users can edit information about different stars by writing articles, adding Internet links, uploading images, or creating a special interest group for a specific task.
Messier 56 (also known as M56 or NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra. [a] It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1779.[b] It is angularly found about midway between Albireo (Beta (β) Cygni) and Sulafat (Gamma (γ) Lyrae).
Messier 65 (also known as NGC 3623) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, within its highly equatorial southern half. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780.
Messier 60 or M60, also known as NGC 4649, is an elliptical galaxy approximately 57 [4] million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Virgo.Together with NGC 4647, it forms a pair known as Arp 116. [8]
Alicante 1 looks like a chain of dim stars with two relatively bright accompanying stars known as TYC 3725-498-1 and TYC 3725-866-1 (source: Wikisky) Aller — R.M. Aller (double stars) (Ramón María Aller Ulloa?) ALS — UBV beta database for Case-Hamburg Northern and Southern Luminous Stars [5]
Messier 54 (also known as M54 or NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. [a] It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1778 and then included in his catalog of comet-like objects.
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Messier 62 or M62, also known as NGC 6266 or the Flickering Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of stars in the south [a] of the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus.It was discovered in 1771 by Charles Messier, [b] then added to his catalogue eight years later.