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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"
M76 Above and Below
21/11/2008
Beautiful Spiral NGC 7331
22/10/2008
Spitzer's M101
25/07/2008
Gas and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula
15/07/2008
NGC 7331 and Beyond
12/07/2008
M27: Not A Comet
26/06/2008
M51 Hubble Remix
14/06/2008
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
15/05/2008
Running Messier's Marathon
19/04/2008
Globular Cluster M55 from CFHT
02/04/2008
M51: Cosmic Whirlpool
05/01/2008
A Galaxy is not a Comet
02/01/2008
Galaxies in Pegasus
24/11/2007
Three Nebulae in Narrow Band
02/11/2007
Sagittarius Triplet
04/08/2007
Bright Galaxy NGC 2903
06/07/2007
Messier 65
01/06/2007
NGC 1055 and M77
15/12/2006
M51: Cosmic Whirlpool
11/11/2006
Messier 76
02/11/2006
Composite Crab
26/10/2006
Messier 110
08/09/2006
M27: Not A Comet
03/08/2006
NGC 7331 and Beyond
27/07/2006
Sagittarius Triplet
14/06/2006
Messier 101
02/03/2006
M8: The Lagoon Nebula
10/02/2006
Crab Nebula Mosaic from HST
02/12/2005
M106 in Canes Venatici
30/07/2005
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
03/06/2005