Messier Objects By Type (original) (raw)

Messier deep space objects

Thanks to H. S. Teoh who arranged the Messier objects list by object type:nebulae,clusters,galaxies, andother kinds of objects not under any major category. Home pages for the Messier objects:

Click or select any one of the Messier objects below for more information.

Nebulae:

Supernova Remnants:
- M1: The Crab Nebula
Planetary nebulae:
Starforming nebulae: (each of them containing a young open star cluster)
- M8: The Lagoon Nebula
- M16: The Eagle or Star Queen Nebula
- M17: The Omega Nebula (also: The Swan, Horseshoe, or Lobster Nebula)
- M20: The Trifid Nebula
- M42: The Orion Nebula
- M43: de Mairan's Nebula (Part or Companion of the Orion Nebula)
- M78 (a diffuse reflection nebula)

Clusters:

Open clusters: (include here the young clusters in starforming nebulae mentioned above)
- M6: The Butterfly Cluster
- M7: Ptolemy's Cluster
- M11: The Wild Duck Cluster
- M18
- M21
- M23
- M25
- M26
- M29
- M34
- M35
- M36
- M37
- M38
- M39
- M41
- M44: Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster
- M45: Subaru, the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters)
- M46
- M47
- M48
- M50
- M52
- M67
- M93
- M103
Globular clusters:
- M2
- M3
- M4
- M5
- M9
- M10
- M12
- M13: Great Hercules Globular Cluster
- M14
- M15
- M19
- M22
- M28
- M30
- M53
- M54
- M55
- M56
- M62
- M68
- M69
- M70
- M71
- M72
- M75
- M79
- M80
- M92
- M107

Galaxies:

Spiral galaxies:
- M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (type Sb)
- M33: The Triangulum Galaxy (type Sc)
- M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy (type Sc)
- M58 (type Sb/SBb or Sab(s)II)
- M61 (type Sc, or SAB(rs)bc)
- M63: The Sunflower Galaxy (type Sb or Sbc)
- M64: The Blackeye Galaxy (type Sb or Sab)
- M65
- M66
- M74
- M77 (type Sb, a Seyfert 2 galaxy)
- M81: Bode's Galaxy (or Bode's Nebula, type Sb)
- M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
- M88
- M90
- M91
- M94
- M95
- M96
- M98
- M99
- M100
- M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy
- M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (type Sa)
- M106
- M108
- M109 (NGC 3992)
- M109B (NGC 3953)
Lenticular (S0) galaxies:
- M84
- M85
- M86
- M102: Spindle Galaxy
Elliptical galaxies:
- M32: Satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31
- M49
- M59
- M60
- M87: Virgo A, the central galaxy in the Virgo cluster
- M89
- M105
- M110: Satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31
Irregular Galaxies:
- M82: The Cigar Galaxy
- M51B (NGC 5195): Companion of M51

Others:

Though real Messier objects, these are actually no deep sky objects at all:
- M24: Milky Way Patch (star cloud, `Delle Caustiche'); containing open cluster NGC 6603
- M40: Double Star, Winnecke 4 (WNC 4)
- M73: System or Asterism of 4 Stars Look at some significant non-Messier objects, sorted by type

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