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Messier Catalog

Charles Messier (1730-1817) created this catalog to aid other comet hunters
of the era. It is a list of objects that can easily be mistaken for comets. More
can be found about him in these links.
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/history/biograph.html
http://www.messiermarathon.com/about.htm
This is a gallery of the ones I have been able to photograph so far and will be
added to as I aquire more images.
Thanks for looking, Bill Kneisly
M1, The Crab
M1, The Crab		 M3-60s-X-18-ddp.jpg
M3-60s-X-18-ddp.jpg		 M5-60s-X-10-ddp.jpg
M5-60s-X-10-ddp.jpg		 M13
M13
M15
M15		 M16, The Eagle
M16, The Eagle		 M27, The Dumbell Nebula
M27, The Dumbell Nebula		 M31, The Andromeda Galaxy
M31, The Andromeda Galaxy
M33, The Pinwheel Galaxy
M33, The Pinwheel Galaxy		 M39
M39		 M42, The Great Orion Nebula
M42, The Great Orion Nebula		 M45, The Pleadies
M45, The Pleadies
M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy
M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy		 m52-h9c-60s-X-22-ddp.jpg
m52-h9c-60s-X-22-ddp.jpg		 m57_240-X-15.jpg
m57_240-X-15.jpg		 M63, The Sunflower Galaxy
M63, The Sunflower Galaxy
m76 600s_X 18 ddp.jpg
m76 600s_X 18 ddp.jpg		 M81_134min-2nites
M81_134min-2nites		 M86--Friends.jpg
M86--Friends.jpg		 m92-60s-X4web.jpg
m92-60s-X4web.jpg
M97, The Owl Nebula
M97, The Owl Nebula		 M100
M100		 M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy
M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy		 M103
M103
012607-m106-360s-X-10-DDP.jpg
012607-m106-360s-X-10-DDP.jpg		 012607-m108-360s-X-6-DDP.jpg
012607-m108-360s-X-6-DDP.jpg		 m110--h9c-120s-X14b.jpg
m110--h9c-120s-X14b.jpg		 m36 240s FS 102_X 36 ddp.jpg
m36 240s FS 102_X 36 ddp.jpg

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Ron. 26-Aug-2007 17:22
Hi. I was just browsing around this site, and came upon your images.
I would just like to say what a wonderful group of images you have produced.
Also, I appreciate the quality of the equipment you have.
A very nice group of images, and I enjoyed looking at them.
Thankyou very much.
Ron.
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