Thursday, September 25, 2014

Messier Objects










The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1771. The Messier catalogue comprises nearly all the most spectacular examples of the five types of deep sky object – diffuse nebulaeplanetary nebulaeopen clustersglobular clusters and galaxies. For astronomy olympiad, it will be worthwhile to learn positions of 40 easier messier objects

Here is the complete list of Messier Objects.


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