- Messier object - Wikipedia
The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles [fr] (Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters)
- Hubbles Messier Catalog - NASA Science
Charles Messier (1730–1817) was a French astronomer best known for his "Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters " An avid comet-hunter, Messier compiled a catalog of deep-sky objects in order to help prevent other comet enthusiasts from wasting their time studying objects that were not comets
- Messier Objects
Messier 110 (M110), also known as the Edward Young Star, is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda M110 is a satellite of the much larger Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
- Charles Messier | Comet Discoverer, Deep-Sky Objects Cataloguer . . .
Charles Messier (born June 26, 1730, Badonviller, France—died April 12, 1817, Paris) was a French astronomer who was the first to compile a systematic catalog of nebulae and star clusters
- Messier Catalogue complete object list | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The complete Messier Catalogue, including images, magnitudes and coordinates to find each object in the night sky
- Messier Objects – Constellation Guide
Messier objects are a group of deep sky objects catalogued by the French astronomer and comet-hunter Charles Messier in the late 18th century
- Messier objects are fuzzy patches in the night sky - EarthSky
Bottom line: Messier objects are a list of 110 star clusters, nebulae and galaxies, compiled by comet-hunter Charles Messier in the 1700s
- The 110 Messier objects - Atlas of the Messier Objects
The introductory section includes an extensive biographical portrait of the life of Charles Messier, his observations and his telescopes, and his contemporaries, and a complete translation of Messier’s original catalog
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