Charles Messier was a comet hunter (he predicted the reappearance of Comet Halley in 1758-59). He compiled a list of 103 nebulae, star clusters and galaxies so he wouldn't mistake them for comets. The above image, The Andromeda Galaxy is Messier 31 or M31.

· m1 (crab nebula) supernova remnant

· m2 globular cluster

· m3 globular cluster

· m4 globular cluster

· m5 globular cluster

· m6 open cluster

· m7 open cluster

· m8 (lagoon nebula) nebula

· m9 globular cluster

· m10 globular cluster

· m11 (wild duck cluster) open cluster

· m12 globular cluster

· m13 (great hercules cluster) globular cluster

· m14 globular cluster

· m15 globular cluster

· m16 nebula and embedded cluster

· m17 (omega or horseshoe nebula) nebula

· m18 open cluster

· m19 globular cluster

· m20 (trifid nebula) nebula

· m21 open cluster

· m22 globular cluster

· m23 open cluster

· m24 star-cloud in milky way

· m25 open cluster

· m26 open cluster

· m27 (Dumbbell Nebula) planetary nebula

· m28 globular cluster

· m29 open cluster

· m30 globular cluster

· m31 (Great Andromeda Spiral) spiral galaxy

· m32 (Companion to m31) ellipticle galaxy

· m33 (Triangulum Spiral) spiral galaxy

· m34 open cluster

· m35 open cluster

· m36 open cluster

· m37 open cluster

· m38 open cluster

· m39 open cluster

· m40 faint double star

· m41 open cluster

· m42 (great orion nebula) nebula

· m43 (part of orion nebula) nebula

· m44 (praesepe) open cluster

· m45 (pleiades) open cluster

· m46 open cluster

· m47 open cluster

· m48 open cluster

· m49 elliptical galaxy

· m50 open cluster

· m51 (whirlpool galaxy) spiral galaxy

· m52 open cluster

· m53 globular cluster

· m54 globular cluster

· m55 globular cluster

· m56 globular cluster

· m57 (ring nebula) planetary nebula

· m58 spiral galaxy

· m59 elliptical galaxy

· m60 elliptical galaxy

· m61 spiral galaxy

· m62 globular cluster

· m63 spiral galaxy

· m64 spiral galaxy

· m65 spiral galaxy

· m66 spiral galaxy

· m67 (famous old cluster) open cluster

· m68 globular cluster

· m69 globular cluster

· m70 globular cluster

· m71 globular cluster

· m72 globular cluster

· m73 small star group

· m74 spiral galaxy

· m75 globular cluster

· m76 planetary nebula

· m77 spiral galaxy

· m78 diffuse nebula

· m79 globular cluster

· m80 globular cluster

· m81 spiral galaxy

· m82 (companion to m31) irregular galaxy

· m83 spiral galaxy

· m84 elliptical galaxy

· m85 elliptical galaxy

· m86

· m87

· m88

· m89

· m90

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