Messier Catalog
Messier 21 (M21) – The NGC 6531 Open Star Cluster
In the Sagittarius Constellation, near the ecliptic of the Milky Way Galaxy, lies the faint and compact open star cluster…
Messier 20 (M20) – The Trifid Nebula
Located in the southern Sagittarius constellation is the Trifid Nebula, a bright star-forming region and combination nebula
Messier 19 (M19) – The NGC 6273 Globular Cluster
Located in the constellation of Ophiuchus, some 28,700,000 light years from Earth, lies the faint globular cluster known as Messier…
Messier 16 (M16) – The Eagle Nebula
Welcome back to Messier Monday! In our ongoing tribute to the great Tammy Plotner, we take a look at the…
Messier 15 (M15) – The Great Pegasus Cluster
Located in the Pegasus constellation, some 33,600 light years from Earth, is the M15 Great Pegasus Cluster, one of the…
Messier 14 (M14) – the NGC 6402 Globular Cluster
In the constellation of Ophiuchus lies the M14 globular cluster, a loose concentration of stars spanning 100 light years, 300,000…
Messier 12 (M12) – The NGC 6118 Globular Cluster
Messier 12, a globular cluster located some 15,700 light-years from Earth, is one of the brightest objects in the Ophiuchus…
Messier 10 (M10) – The NGC 6254 Globular Cluster
Located in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus, M10 is one of the brighter globular clusters in the night sky, and the…
Messier 8 (M8) – The Lagoon Nebula
Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula, is one of only two star-forming nebulae that is visible to the…
Messier 6 – The Butterfly Cluster
Welcome back to Messier Monday! We continue our tribute to our dear friend, Tammy Plotner, by looking at Messier 6,…