Messier (Galaxies)

(All Messier objects source by in-the-sky.org)

Spiral galaxies:

• M31 – The Andromeda Galaxy…(Andromeda)
• M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy…(Triangulum)
• M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy…(Canes Venatici)
• M58…(Virgo)
• M61…(Virgo)
• M63 – The Sunflower Galaxy…(Canes Venatici)
• M64 – The Black Eye Galaxy…(Coma Berenices)
• M65…(Leo)
• M66…(Leo)
• M74…(Pisces)
• M77…(Cetus)
• M81 – Bode’s Galaxy…(XXX)
• M83 – The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy…(XXX)
• M88…(Coma Berenices)
• M90…(Virgo)
• M91…(Coma Berenices)
• M94…(Canes Venatici)
• M95…(Leo)
• M96…(Leo)
• M98…(Coma Berenices)
• M99 – The Coma Pinwheel Galaxy…(Coma Berenices)
• M100…(Coma Berenices)
• M101 – The Pinwheel Galaxy…(Ursa Major)
• M104 – The Sombrero Galaxy…(Virgo)
• M106…(Coma Berenices)
• M108…(Ursa Major)
• M109…(Ursa Major)
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Lenticular galaxies:

• M84…(Virgo)
• M85…(Coma Berenices)
• M86…(Virgo)
• M102…(Draco)
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Elliptical galaxies:

• M32 – Satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31…(Andromeda)
• M49…(Virgo)
• M59…(Virgo)
• M60…(Virgo)
• M87 – Virgo A, the central galaxy in the Virgo Cluster…(Virgo)
• M89…(Virgo)
• M105…(Leo)
• M110 – Satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31…(Andromeda)
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Irregular Galaxies:

• M82 – The Cigar Galaxy…(Ursa Major)
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What is a galaxy?
A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity. (more information / BSL vision)

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