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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4610. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Observational Tools

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In the eighteenth century the French astronomer, Charles Messier (1730-1817), drew up a catalog of 109 of the brighter nebulae, clusters and galaxies. Objects in this catalog are denoted by the letter M followed by a number, for example, M31 is the Andromeda Galaxy. Messier's prime interest was comets. His purpose was to make comet hunting easier by tabulating permanent deep-sky objects that coul...

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