Messier Objects

Messier 72 – the NGC 6981 Globular Cluster

Welcome back to Messier Monday! Today, we continue in our tribute to our dear friend, Tammy Plotner, by looking at…

5 years ago

Messier 71 – the NGC 6838 Globular Cluster

Welcome back to Messier Monday! Today, we continue in our tribute to our dear friend, Tammy Plotner, by looking at…

5 years ago

Messier 69 – the NGC 6637 Globular Cluster

Located in the Sagittarius Constellation, roughly 29,700 light-years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 69

6 years ago

Messier 67 – the King Cobra Open Star Cluster

Located between 2610 and 2930 light years from Earth is the King Cobra Cluster (aka. Messier 67), one of the…

6 years ago

Messier 64 – The Black Eye Galaxy

Located in the Coma Berenices constellation, roughly 24 million light years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as Messier…

6 years ago

Messier 63 – the Sunflower Galaxy

Located in the Canes Venatici constellation, roughly 37 million light-years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy know as Messier 63…

6 years ago

Messier 61- the NGC 4303 Barred Spiral Galaxy

Located in the Virgo cluster, roughly 52.5 million light-years from Earth, is the intermediate spiral galaxy known as Messier 61

6 years ago

Messier 59 – the NGC 4621 Elliptical Galaxy

Located in the southern Virgo constellation, roughly 60 million light-years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as Messier 59

6 years ago

Messier 58 – the NGC 4579 Barred Spiral Galaxy

Located in the direction of the Virgo constellation, some 68 million light years from Earth, is the barred, spiral galaxy…

6 years ago

Messier 57 – The Ring Nebula

Located about 2300 light-years from Earth, in the direction of the Lyra constellation, is the planetary nebula known as Messier…

7 years ago