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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"
M51: Cosmic Whirlpool
28/04/2005
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
08/04/2005
M55: Globular Star Cluster
18/09/2004
Sagittarius Triplet
09/09/2004
M27: Not A Comet
24/04/2004
A Galaxy is not a Comet
31/01/2004
Dumbbell Nebula Halo
25/07/2003
Messiers and Mars
28/06/2003
M106 in Canes Venatici
17/04/2003
The Dumbbell Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen
13/01/2003
The Crab that Played with the Planet
10/01/2003
M51: Cosmic Whirlpool
10/07/2002
A Galaxy is not a Comet
12/04/2002
M27: Not A Comet
02/03/2002
The Incredible Expanding Crab
27/12/2001
Messiers and Mars
15/06/2001
Globular Cluster M2
11/06/2001
Jupiter, Saturn and Messier 45
22/03/2001
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
06/03/2001
M55: Globular Star Cluster
22/09/2000
Messier Marathon
11/03/2000
M27: Not A Comet
23/10/1999
Messier Marathon
18/03/1999
M27: Not A Comet
09/10/1998
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
18/02/1998
Happy Birthday Charles Messier: M1
26/06/1996
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
29/07/1995
M1: The Crab Nebula
25/07/1995
M20: The Trifid Nebula
23/07/1995