Messier Types
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Messier Object Types*

Planetary Nebulae

 M27
M27 Dumbell		 M57
M57 Ring		 M76
M76 Butterfly		 M97
M97 Owl		 .

Diffuse Nebulae

 M8
M8 Lagoon		 M20
M20 Trifid		 M42
M42 Orion		 M43
M43 de Mairan's		 M78
M78 (reflection)

Open Clusters

 M6
M6 Butterfly		 M7
M7 Ptolemy's		 M11
M11 Wild Duck		 M16
M16 and Eagle Neb		 M45
M45 The Pleiades

Globular Clusters

 M13
M13 Hercules		 M2
M2		 M10
M10		 M14
M14		 M22
M22

Spiral Galaxies

 M31
M31 Andromeda		 M51
M51 Whirlpool		 M64
M64 Blackeye		 M83
M83 Pinwheel		 M104
M104 Sombrero

Lenticular Galaxies

 M84
M84		 M85
M85		 M86
M86		 M102
M102		   .

Elliptical Galaxies

 M32
M32 part of Andromeda		 M49
M49		 M60
M60		 M87
M87 Virgo A		 M110
M110 part of Andromeda
Odds & Ends
 SuperNova Remains
M1
M1 Crab Nebula		 Milky Way Patch
M24
M24

Double StarM40
M40

 Asterism - 4 Stars
M73
M73		 Irregular GalaxyM82
M82

 
  *NOTE:  Images are from the SEDS web pages - clicking an image will take you to thier web pages!