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    Bibcode:1781cote.rept..227M. "Original Messier Catalog of 1781". Messier.seds.org. Retrieved 10 November 2007. "Charles Messier's personal copy of his 1781 "Catalog...
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    This list, which Messier created in collaboration with his assistant Pierre Méchain, is now known as the Messier catalogue. The Messier catalogue is one...
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    redshift values in the 1920s. Charles Messier discovered Messier 58, along with the elliptical galaxies Messier 59 and Messier 60, on April 15, 1779. M58...
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    conspicuous group with another large galaxy known as Messier 84. It displays the highest blue shift of all Messier objects, as it is, net of its other vectors...
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    by Charles Messier in 1780. With M66 and NGC 3628, it forms the Leo Triplet, a small close group of galaxies. M65 was discovered by Charles Messier and...
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    Virgo. This galaxy was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier in 1777. As an elliptical galaxy, Messier 49 has the physical form of a radio galaxy, but...
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  • Messier may refer to: Ashley Messier (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player Charles Messier (1730–1817), French astronomer Doug Messier (born 1936), Canadian...
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    Ring Nebula (redirect from Messier 57)
    was discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier while searching for comets in late January 1779. Messier's report of his independent discovery of...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 87. Messier 87, SEDS Messier pages ESA/Hubble images of M87 Messier 87 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS...
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    Messier 84 or M84, also known as NGC 4374, is a giant elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Charles Messier discovered the object...
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