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M87

Roger NelsonGalaxies, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios

M87 Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars. One of the largest and most massive galaxies in the local …

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M85

Roger NelsonGalaxies, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios

M85 Messier 85 (also known as M85 or NGC 4382 or PGC 40515 or ISD 0135852) is a lenticular galaxy, or elliptical galaxy for other authors, in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is 60 million light-years away, and it is …

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M75

Roger NelsonGlobular Clusters, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios

M75 M75 or Messier 75, also known as NGC 6864, is a giant globular cluster of stars in the southern constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included in Charles Messier’s catalog of comet-like objects that …

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M74

Roger NelsonGalaxies, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios

M74 M74 or Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628 and Phantom Galaxy) is a large spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation Pisces. It is about 32 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy contains two clearly defined spiral arms …