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The 23 pages that link to Charles Messier, each with the reason it gives.
Orion NebulaRelated: He recorded the nebula as the forty-second object in his catalog.
Crab NebulaRelated: He catalogued the Crab Nebula as Messier 1 in 1758.
Messier catalogBroader topic: He created and repeatedly revised the list that bears his name.
NebulaRelated: His catalog preserved many nebulae as named observing targets.
Pierre MéchainRelated: Messier incorporated many objects Méchain discovered into his catalog.
Messier 87Related: Messier included M87 as object 87 in his catalog in 1781.
Messier 51Related: He recorded the object now known as Messier 51 in his catalog.
Messier objectBroader topic: He observed and published the list that defines Messier objects.
Messier 83Related: He included Messier 83 in his catalogue after observing it in 1781.
Lagoon NebulaRelated: Messier included the Lagoon Nebula as object 8 in his catalog.
Messier 13Related: Messier included the cluster as entry 13 in his catalog.
Messier 77Related: He recorded this galaxy as the seventy-seventh entry in his catalog.
Pinwheel GalaxyRelated: He recorded the galaxy as the 101st object in his catalog.
Dumbbell NebulaRelated: He recorded the Dumbbell Nebula as the twenty-seventh object in his catalog.
Messier 15Related: He recorded Messier 15 in his catalog in 1746.
Messier 22Related: He included the cluster as the twenty-second entry in his catalog.
Messier 49Related: His catalog gives Messier 49 its familiar designation.
Omega NebulaRelated: Messier included this nebula as the seventeenth entry in his catalogue.
Trifid NebulaRelated: Messier included the Trifid as object 20 in his catalog.
Beehive ClusterRelated: His catalog assigned the Beehive its familiar designation M44.
Messier 106Related: Messier added the galaxy to his catalog after Méchain’s discovery.
Messier 4Related: He recorded Messier 4 in his catalogue in 1764.
Messier 7Related: His catalogue assigned the cluster its familiar designation, M7.