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Charles Messier
Charles Messier was an 18th-century French astronomer known for compiling the Messier Catalog, a list of over 100 deep-sky objects.
Source: britannica.com
APODs including "Charles Messier"
A Sagittarius Triplet
27/07/2017
M27: Not a Comet
09/06/2017
A View Toward M101
20/05/2017
The Multiwavelength Crab
11/05/2017
Galaxies in Pegasus
03/12/2016
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
02/11/2016
Trifid, Lagoon, and Mars
06/10/2016
The Whirlpool Galaxy and Beyond
06/09/2016
Sagittarius Sunflowers
24/06/2016
21st Century M101
22/01/2016
M27: Not a Comet
20/08/2015
A Sagittarius Triplet
10/08/2015
Hubble's Messier 5
20/06/2015
Messier Craters in Stereo
30/05/2015
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
02/05/2015
NGC 2903: A Missing Jewel in Leo
10/04/2015
Cetus Duo M77 and NGC 1055
26/12/2014
NGC 7331 and Beyond
18/12/2014
The Creature from the Red Lagoon
25/11/2014
M1: The Crab Nebula
21/11/2014
Galaxies in Pegasus
23/10/2014
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
14/09/2014
A Sagittarius Starscape
05/09/2014
Hubble's Messier 5
25/04/2014
NGC 7331 and Beyond
01/03/2014
M44: The Beehive Cluster
22/02/2014
Downtown Auriga
13/02/2014
M106 Close Up
03/10/2013
M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
05/09/2013
A Sagittarius Triplet
30/08/2013