print email comment close SEDS Messier Database URL: http://www.seds.org/messier/ Description: A guide to the 110 objects, nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies, recognized as the standard Messier catalog. French astronomer Charles Messier (1730-1817) identified "diffuse objects that were difficult to distinguish from comets through the telescopes of the day." His catalog "was one of the first major milestones in the history of the discovery of Deep Sky objects." Images and descriptions are included as well as constellation images that include Messier objects. Author: Frommert, Hartmut Publisher: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Extra Keywords mechain Library of Congress Subject Headings: Galaxies Nebulae Stars LII Database Information: Record 11704 created by Dana Lubow on 05/15/2000 Last modification on 03/11/2006 Published: 05/15/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11704