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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 …

M56

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M56 M56 or Messier 56 (also known as NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1779.[b] It is angularly found about midway between Albireo (Beta (β) Cygni) and Sulafat (Gamma …

M55

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M55 M55 or Messier 55 (also known as NGC 6809) is a globular cluster in the south of the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752 while observing from what today is South Africa. Starting …

M54

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M54 M54 or Messier 54 (also known as NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1778 and then included in his catalog of comet-like objects. It is easily found in …