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M87

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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 …

M85

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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 …

M96 M95 M105 Leo Grouping

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M96 M95 M105 Leo Grouping M95 Messier 95, also known as M95 or NGC 3351, is a barred spiral galaxy about 33 million light-years away in the zodiac constellation Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, and catalogued …

M75

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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 …

M74

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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 …

M72

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M72 M72 or Messier 72 (also known as M72 or NGC 6981) is a globular cluster in the south west of the very mildly southern constellation of Aquarius. M72 was discovered by astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1780. His countryman Charles …

M71

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M71 M71 or Messier 71 (also known as NGC 6838) is a globular cluster in the small northern constellation Sagitta. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of non-comet-like …

M97 and M108

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M97 and M108 M97 and M108 are close enough to appear in the same image. Are located at the base of the Bowl of the Big Dipper in Ursa Major. just to the Left of Merak which is the bottom …

M80

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M80 M80 or Messier 80 (also known as NGC 6093) is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781, being one of his first discoveries. This star cluster is, as to its angle …