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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"
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
M8: The Lagoon Nebula
17/08/2013
Messier's Eleven
12/07/2013
Messier Craters in Stereo
08/06/2013
Messier 109
23/05/2013
Messier 5
03/08/2012
21st Century M101
13/07/2012
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
02/06/2012
A Sagittarius Triplet
01/06/2012
M106 Close Up
03/05/2012
Messier 9 Close-up
23/03/2012
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
27/12/2011
M27: Not a Comet
01/09/2011
NGC 7331 and Beyond
12/08/2011
Comet Garradd and Messier 15
06/08/2011
Messier Marathon
27/05/2011
Messier 101
15/04/2011
Messier 106
19/03/2011
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
16/03/2011
M27: Not a Comet
26/08/2010
M8: The Lagoon Nebula
05/08/2010
Messier 76
23/07/2010
Deep Auriga
05/03/2010
Messier 88
30/01/2010
Spitzer's M101
30/12/2009
M51 Hubble Remix
26/12/2009