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 #.

Messier M89 - NGC4552 and Messier M90 - NGC4569 - Galaxies in Virgo - 24/5/2012 (Processed stack)<br />
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DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 10 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 32 DARK (60Sec ... had none at 90Sec), 0 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5<br />
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Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 8C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

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Messier M89 - NGC4552 and Messier M90 - NGC4569 - Galaxies in Virgo - 24/5/2012 (Processed stack)

DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 10 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 32 DARK (60Sec ... had none at 90Sec), 0 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5

Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 8C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

Messier M89 Elliptical Galaxy in Virgo NGC NGC4552 M89 Elliptical Galaxy in Virgo M90 Spiral Galaxy in Virgo NGC4569 M90 Spiral Galaxy in Virgo Galaxy

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