Messier Objects

Charles Messier - a comet hunter of the 18th century catalogued 110 objects that could be confused with comets. Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Messier .

I highly recommend a book on Charles Messier and the creation of this catalogue - Atlas of Messier Objects, 2008 by Ronald Stoyan.

Note: This gallery should be automatically sorted by Messier #.

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Messier M17 - NGC6618 - Gum 81 - Eagle or Swan Nebula - 10/6/2013 (Processed cropped stack)

DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 12 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 39 DARK, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5

Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64' x 95', Ambient 9C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Teleskop Service OAG9 Off Axis Guider with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

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