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M69

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M69 M69 or Messier 69, also known NGC 6637, is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It can be found 2.5° to the northeast of the star Epsilon Sagittarii and is dimly visible in 50 mm aperture …

M68

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M68 M68 or Messier 68 (also known as NGC 4590) is a globular cluster found in the east south-east of Hydra, away from its precisely equatorial part. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. William Herschel described it as …

M67

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M67 M67 or Messier 67 (also known as NGC 2682) is an open cluster in the southern, equatorial half of Cancer. It was discovered by Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779. Estimates of its age range between 3.2 and 5 billion …

M64 Black Eye Galaxy

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M64 Black Eye Galaxy M64 Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation …

M62

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M62 M62 or Messier 62, also known as NGC 6266, is a globular cluster of stars in the south of the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. It was discovered in 1771 by Charles Messier, then added to his catalogue eight years …

M61

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M61 M61 or Messier 61 (also known as NGC 4303) is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It was first discovered by Barnaba Oriani on May 5, 1779, six days before Charles Messier discovered the …

M83 Seashell Galaxy

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M83 Seashell Galaxy M83 Seashell Galaxy Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Nicolas-Louis de …

M59 M60

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M59 M60 M59 M60 Note the image I have provided is a little crowded, but it is dominated by these two Messier Galaxies. On the right Messier 59 or M59, also known as NGC 4621, is an elliptical galaxy in …

M58 M89 M90

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M58 M89 M90 M58 M89 M90 all appear in the above Image. They appear in this order from the bottom to the top. All three of these fine galaxies are part of the Messier Catalog. M58 Discovered in 1779 by …