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Messier Objects
List of Messier Objects
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 2
05/31/2011

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Term
M1
Definition
Crab Nebula
(Supernova Remnant)
Term
M6
Definition
Butterfly Cluster
(Open Cluster)
Term
M7
Definition
Ptolemy Cluster
(Open Cluster)
Term
M8
Definition
Lagoon Nebula
(Cluster with Nebula
Term
M11
Definition
Wild Duck Cluster
(Open Cluster)
Term
M13
Definition
Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
(Globular Cluster)
Term
M15
Definition
CĂșmulo de Pegaso
(Globular Cluster)
Term
M16
Definition
Eagle Nebula
(Cluster with H II Region)
Term
M17
Definition
Omega Nebula
(Cluster with H II region)
Term
M20
Definition
Trifid Nebula
(Cluster with H II region)
Term
M22
Definition
Sagittarius Cluster
(Globular Cluster)
Term
M24
Definition
Sagittarius Star Cloud
(Milky Way Star Cloud)
Term
M27
Definition
Dumbbell Nebula
(Planetary Nebula)
Term
M31
Definition
Andromeda Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M33
Definition
Triangulum Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M40
Definition
Winnecke 4
(Double Star WNC4)
Term
M42
Definition
Orion Nebula
(H II Region)
Term
M43
Definition
De Mairan's Nebula
(H II Region, Part of the Orion Nebula)
Term
M44
Definition
Beehive Cluster
(Open Cluster)
Term
M45
Definition
Pleiades
(Open Cluster)
Term
M51
Definition
Whirlpool Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M57
Definition
Ring Nebula
(Planetary Nebula)
Term
M63
Definition
Sunflower Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M64
Definition
Black Eye Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M76
Definition
Little Dumbbell Nebula
(Planetary Nebula)
Term
M81
Definition
Bode's Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M82
Definition
Cigar Galaxy
(Starburst Galaxy)
Term
M83
Definition
Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
(Barred Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M97
Definition
Owl Nebula
(Planetary Nebula)
Term
M101
Definition
Pinwheel Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
Term
M104
Definition
Sombrero Galaxy
(Spiral Galaxy)
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