My attempt at trying to image as many of the Messier objects as I can. Hopefully they will get better as my skills improve. Not all are easily visible from here in Edinburgh, Scotland so I won’t get all of them…
The first version of Charles Messier’s “Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters” appeared in the “Mémoires de l’Academie” for 1771. The first supplement was published in “Connoissance des Temps” for 1783.
“Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, Which one discovers between the fixed Stars, over the horizon of Paris. Observed at the Observatory of the Navy, with different instruments. 16 February 1771″
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M90+.
| M | NGC | Con | Mag | Size’ | Typ | Common Name |
| 1 | 1952 | Tau | 9 | 6 x 4 | SNR | Crab Nebula |
| 2 | 7089 | Aqr | 7.5 | 12.9 | GCl | |
| 3 | 5272 | CVn | 7 | 16.2 | GCl | |
| 4 | 6121 | Sco | 7.5 | 26.3 | GCl | |
| 5 | 5904 | Ser | 7 | 17.4 | GCl | |
| 6 | 6405 | Sco | 4.5 | 15 | OCl | Butterfly Cluster |
| 7 | 6475 | Sco | 3.5 | 80 | OCl | Ptolemy’s Cluster |
| 8 | 6523 | Sgr | 5 | 60 x 35 | C/N | Lagoon Nebula |
| 9 | 6333 | Oph | 9 | 9.3 | GCl | |
| 10 | 6254 | Oph | 7.5 | 15.1 | GCl | |
| 11 | 6705 | Sct | 7 | 14 | OCl | Wild Duck Cluster |
| 12 | 6218 | Oph | 8 | 14.5 | GCl | |
| 13 | 6205 | Her | 7 | 16.6 | GCl | Hercules Cluster |
| 14 | 6402 | Oph | 9.5 | 11.7 | GCl | |
| 15 | 7078 | Peg | 7.5 | 12.3 | GCl | |
| 16 | 6611 | Ser | 6.5 | 7 | C/N | assoc with Eagle Nebula, Star Queen Nebula |
| 17 | 6618 | Sgr | 7 | 11 | C/N | Omega Nebula, Swan Nebula, Lobster Nebula |
| 18 | 6613 | Sgr | 8 | 9 | OCl | |
| 19 | 6273 | Oph | 8.5 | 13.5 | GCl | |
| 20 | 6514 | Sgr | 5 | 28 | C/N | Trifid Nebula |
| 21 | 6531 | Sgr | 7 | 13 | OCl | |
| 22 | 6656 | Sgr | 6.5 | 24 | GCl | |
| 23 | 6494 | Sgr | 6 | 27 | OCl | |
| 24 | 6603 | Sgr | 11.5 | 5 | contains “Delle Caustiche” | |
| 25 | 4725 | Sgr | 4.9 | 40 | OCl | |
| 26 | 6694 | Sct | 9.5 | 15 | OCl | |
| 27 | 6853 | Vul | 7.5 | 8.0 x 5.7 | PlN | Dumbbell Nebula |
| 28 | 6626 | Sgr | 8.5 | 11.2 | GCl | |
| 29 | 6913 | Cyg | 9 | 7 | OCl | |
| 30 | 7099 | Cap | 8.5 | 11 | GCl | |
| 31 | 224 | And | 4.5 | 178 | Gal | Andromeda Galaxy |
| 32 | 221 | And | 10 | 8 x 6 | Gal | |
| 33 | 598 | Tri | 7 | 73 x 45 | Gal | Triangulum Galaxy |
| 34 | 1039 | Per | 6 | 35 | OCl | |
| 35 | 2168 | Gem | 5.5 | 28 | OCl | |
| 36 | 1960 | Aur | 6.5 | 12 | OCl | |
| 37 | 2099 | Aur | 6 | 24 | OCl | |
| 38 | 1912 | Aur | 7 | 21 | OCl | |
| 39 | 7092 | Cyg | 5.5 | 32 | OCl | |
| 40 | WIN4 | UMa | 9 | 0.8 | Double Star WNC4 | |
| 41 | 2287 | CMa | 5 | 38 | OCl | |
| 42 | 1976 | Ori | 5 | 85 x 60 | DfN | Orion Nebula |
| 43 | 1982 | Ori | 7 | 20 x 15 | DfN | de Mairan’s nebula; part of Orion Nebula |
| 44 | 2632 | Cnc | 4 | 95 | OCl | Praesepe, Beehive Cluster |
| 45 | 1432 | Tau | 1.4 | 110 | OCl | Subaru, Pleiades, Seven Sisters |
| 46 | 2437 | Pup | 6.5 | 27 | OCl | |
| 47 | 2422 | Pup | 4.5 | 30 | OCl | |
| 48 | 2548 | Hya | 5.5 | 54 | OCl | |
| 49 | 4472 | Vir | 10 | 9 x 7.5 | Gal | |
| 50 | 2323 | Mon | 7 | 16 | OCl | |
| 51 | 5194 | CVn | 8 | 11 x 7 | Gal | Whirlpool Galaxy |
| 52 | 7654 | Cas | 8 | 13 | OCl | |
| 53 | 5024 | Com | 8.5 | 12.6 | GCl | |
| 54 | 6715 | Sgr | 8.5 | 9.1 | GCl | |
| 55 | 6809 | Sgr | 7 | 19 | GCl | |
| 56 | 6779 | Lyr | 9.5 | 7.1 | GCl | |
| 57 | 6720 | Lyr | 9.5 | 1.4 x 1.0 | PlN | Ring Nebula |
| 58 | 4579 | Vir | 11 | 5.5 x 4.5 | Gal | |
| 59 | 4621 | Vir | 11.5 | 5 x 3.5 | Gal | |
| 60 | 4649 | Vir | 10.5 | 7 x 6 | Gal | |
| 61 | 4303 | Vir | 10.5 | 6 x 5.5 | Gal | |
| 62 | 6266 | Oph | 8 | 14.1 | GCl | |
| 63 | 5055 | CVn | 8.5 | 10 x 6 | Gal | Sunflower Galaxy |
| 64 | 4826 | Com | 9 | 9.3 x 5.4 | Gal | Blackeye Galaxy |
| 65 | 3623 | Leo | 10.5 | 8 x 1.5 | Gal | |
| 66 | 3627 | Leo | 10 | 8 x 2.5 | Gal | |
| 67 | 2682 | Cnc | 7.5 | 30 | OCl | |
| 68 | 4590 | Hya | 9 | 12 | GCl | |
| 69 | 6637 | Sgr | 9 | 7.1 | GCl | |
| 70 | 6681 | Sgr | 9 | 7.8 | GCl | |
| 71 | 6838 | Sge | 8.5 | 7.2 | GCl | |
| 72 | 6981 | Aqr | 10 | 5.9 | GCl | |
| 73 | 6994 | Aqr | 9 | 2.8 | ||
| 74 | 628 | Psc | 10.5 | 10.2 x 9.5 | Gal | |
| 75 | 6864 | Sgr | 9.5 | 6 | GCl | |
| 76 | 650 | Per | 12 | 2.7 x 1.8 | PlN | Little Dumbbell Nebula, Cork Nebula |
| 77 | 1068 | Cet | 10.5 | 7 x 6 | Gal | |
| 78 | 2068 | Ori | 8 | 8 x 6 | DfN | |
| 79 | 1904 | Lep | 8.5 | 8.7 | GCl | |
| 80 | 6093 | Sco | 8.5 | 8.9 | GCl | |
| 81 | 3031 | UMa | 8.5 | 21 x 10 | Gal | Bode’s Galaxy |
| 82 | 3034 | UMa | 9.5 | 9 x 4 | Gal | Cigar Galaxy |
| 83 | 5236 | Hya | 8.5 | 11 x 10 | Gal | Southern Pinwheel Galaxy |
| 84 | 4374 | Vir | 11 | 5 | Gal | |
| 85 | 4382 | Com | 10.5 | 7.1 x 5.2 | Gal | |
| 86 | 4406 | Vir | 11 | 7.5 x 5.5 | Gal | |
| 87 | 4486 | Vir | 11 | 7 | Gal | Virgo A |
| 88 | 4501 | Com | 11 | 7 x 4 | Gal | |
| 89 | 4552 | Vir | 11.5 | 4 | Gal | |
| 90 | 4569 | Vir | 11 | 9.5 x 4.5 | Gal | |
| 91 | 4548 | Com | 11.5 | 5.4 x 4.4 | Gal | |
| 92 | 6341 | Her | 7.5 | 11.2 | GCl | |
| 93 | 2447 | Pup | 6.5 | 22 | OCl | |
| 94 | 4736 | CVn | 9.5 | 7 x 3 | Gal | |
| 95 | 3351 | Leo | 11 | 4.4 x 3.3 | Gal | |
| 96 | 3368 | Leo | 10.5 | 6 x 4 | Gal | |
| 97 | 3587 | UMa | 12 | 3.4 x 3.3 | PlN | Owl Nebula |
| 98 | 4192 | Com | 11 | 9.5 x 3.2 | Gal | |
| 99 | 4254 | Com | 10.5 | 5.4 x 4.8 | Gal | |
| 100 | 4321 | Com | 10.5 | 7 x 6 | Gal | |
| 101 | 5457 | UMa | 8.5 | 22 | Gal | Pinwheel Galaxy |
| 102 | 5866 | Dra | 10.5 | 5.2 x 2.3 | Gal | Spindle Galaxy |
| 103 | 581 | Cas | 7 | 6 | OCl | |
| 104 | 4594 | Vir | 9.5 | 9 x 4 | Gal | Sombrero Galaxy |
| 105 | 3379 | Leo | 11 | 2 | Gal | |
| 106 | 4258 | CVn | 9.5 | 19 x 8 | Gal | |
| 107 | 6171 | Oph | 10 | 10 | GCl | |
| 108 | 3556 | UMa | 11 | 8 x 1 | Gal | |
| 109 | 3992 | UMa | 11 | 7 x 4 | Gal | |
| 110 | 205 | And | 10 | 17 x 10 | Gal |