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M88

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

M88 Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth[3][4][5] in the constellation Coma Berenices. M88 is one of the fifteen Messier objects that belong to the …

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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 …

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M73

Roger NelsonAsterisms, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, Portfolios

M73 M73 or Messier 73 (M73, also known as NGC 6994) is an asterism of four stars in the constellation Aquarius. It lies several arcminutes east of globular  cluster M72. According to Gaia EDR3, the stars are 1030±9, 1249±10, 2170±22, …