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Messier number — Astron. a number (preceded by M) designating the 109 double stars, clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the Messier catalog. * * * … Universalium
Messier number — Astron. a number (preceded by M) designating the 109 double stars, clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the Messier catalog … Useful english dictionary
Messier 110 — Messier 110[1] M 110 credit: Atlas Image 2MASS/UMass/IPAC Caltech/NASA/NSF. Observation data Epoch J2000 Constellation Andromeda … Wikipedia
Messier object — The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1771.[1] The original motivation of the catalogue was that Messier was a comet hunter, and was frustrated by objects which resembled but… … Wikipedia
Messier catalogue — noun an early listing of nebulae, star clusters, and deep sky objects that might have been confused with comets by users of small telescopes See Also: Messier number, Messier object … Wiktionary
Messier 102 — (also known as M102) is a galaxy listed in the Messier Catalogue that has not been identified unambiguously. Its original discoverer Pierre Méchain later said that it was a duplicate observation of Messier 101,[1] but there are historical and… … Wikipedia
Messier 15 — M15 photographed by HST. The planetary nebula Pease 1 can be seen as a small blue object to the lower left of the core of the cluster. Observation … Wikipedia
Messier 29 — M 29 open cluster, by Ole Nielsen Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) Constellation Cygnus … Wikipedia
Messier 67 — (2MASS near infrared) Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) Constellation … Wikipedia
Messier 74 — Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Pisces … Wikipedia
