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Messier Monday: The Cigar Galaxy, M82 [Starts With A Bang]
an in-depth look at one of the 110 deep-sky wonders — all visible with a small telescope or even good binoculars — that make up Charles Messier’s original catalogue of non-cometary objects! Today, we’re taking a look at a one-of-a-kind galaxy among the Messier from ScienceBlogs Read more »
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Spot 100 Deep-Sky Objects This Weekend in 'Messier Marathon'
in one night myself. In fact, it took me two years to graduate from that original Messier Club back in 1959. I was only the fourth person to do so, making me one of the very first people in the world since Charles Messier himself to see all the Messiers. from Space.com Read more »
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Messier Monday: Messier’s Greatest Mistake, M40 [Starts With A Bang]
With A Bang, that means it’s time for Messier Monday, an in-depth look at one of the 110 deep-sky objects catalogued by Charles Messier in the 18th Century to help comet-hunters avoid confusion. Today, the catalogue boasts 107 spectacular deep-sky clusters, from ScienceBlogs Read more »
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Fine Shades of a Sombrero
of about 50 million light-years. Messier 104 is the 104th object in the famous catalogue of nebulae by French astronomer Charles Messier (1730 - 1817). It was not included in the first two editions (with 45 objects in 1774; 103 in 1781), but Messier soon thereafter from LiveScience.com Read more »
