Charles Messier
Messier 42 – The Orion Nebula
Located in the Orion Constellation (just below the belt), between 1,324 and 1,364 light years from Earth, is the famous…
Messier 41 – the NGC 2287 Open Star Cluster
Welcome back to Messier Monday! In our ongoing tribute to the great Tammy Plotner, we take a look at the…
Messier 40 – the Winnecke 4 Double Star
Located in the direction of the Ursa Major constellation is Messier 40 (Winnecke 4), an optical double star that looks…
Messier 39 – The NGC 7092 Open Star Cluster
Welcome back to Messier Monday! In our ongoing tribute to the great Tammy Plotner, we take a look at the…
Messier 38 – The Starfish Cluster
Located in the direction of the northern Auriga constellation, some light 4,200 years from Earth, is the open star cluster…
Messier 37 – the NGC 2099 Open Star Cluster
Located in the Auriga constellation, roughly 4500 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known as Messier 37.
Messier 36 – The Pinwheel Cluster
Located in the Auriga Constellation, roughly 4000 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known as Messier 36…
Messier 35 – the NGC 2168 Open Star Cluster
Located about 28,000 light years away in the northern constellation of Gemini is the large open star cluster known as…
Messier 34 – the NGC 1039 Open Star Cluster
Located in the northern skies, in the direction of the Perseus constellation, is the open star cluster known as Messier…
Messier 32 – the “Le Gentil” Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy
Located in the direction of the Andromeda Constellation is the dwarf elliptical galaxy known as "Le Gentil" (or Messier 32),…