Messier Object |
Other Name(s) |
Type of Object |
Thumbnail Image |
Comments |
25 |
IC4725 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![M25](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M25_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_fourteen_300sec_20241002_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon EOS Ra camera |
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26 |
NGC6694 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![M26](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M26_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_eleven300sec_20241104_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon EOS Ra camera |
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27 |
NGC6853 |
Planetary Nebula |
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M27_Combined%20FilesMED_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-minute exposures combined.
![M27](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m27_RC16_QSI532_LRGB_bin1_19_October_2016_small.jpg)
RC16-inch f/8 telescope QSI 532 CCD image |
Cropped and enlarged image
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28 |
NGC6626 |
Globular Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M28_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-min exposures combined. |
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29 |
NGC6913 |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
![M29 and environs](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M29_environs_E180_Canon60Da_ISO1600_eight450sec_20190601_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 60Da camera
![M29](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M29_ASA20_Proline9000_20200620_20200622_small.jpg)
ASA20 20-inch f/3.6 astrograph image |
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30 |
NGC7099 |
Globular Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M30_Combined%20FilesMED_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
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31 |
NGC224; The Great Andromeda Galaxy |
Galaxy |
![m31.jpg (18051 bytes)](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m31_AP7_small.jpg)
AP7 image
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/Andromeda_small1.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 130 image with Nikon D100 digital
camera. Two minute exposure.
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M31Combined_FilesMED_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/Andromeda_small.jpg)
135mm telephoto image with Nikon D100 camera. Two minute
exposure.
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m31_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 130 image with with Canon 20Da camera.
Five minute exposure.
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31 |
NGC224; The Great Andromeda Galaxy |
Galaxy |
![M31](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M31_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO3200_eight360sec_20210104_small.jpg) |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 astrograph with Canon EOS Ra camera. |
31 |
NGC224; The Great Andromeda Galaxy |
Galaxy |
![M31, Great Andromeda Galaxy](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m31_ASA20_Proline9000_11_January_2018_small.jpg) |
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32 |
NGC221; UGC452; Arp168 |
Galaxy |
![M32](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsArpObjects/Thumbnails/m32color_small.jpg)
Notice M31 in the background. Dream Machine Image.
TPO RC 16-inch f/8 image |
![m32.jpg (26144 bytes)](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsArpObjects/Thumbnails/km32_small.jpg)
Black and White AP7 image obtained as part of the Arp
galaxy marathon on November 16-17, 1998. |
33 |
NGC598 |
Galaxy |
Dream Machine image
![M33](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m33_CDK24_Proline9000_19_November_2017_small.jpg)
PlaneWave CDK24 image
![M33](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m33_ASA20_Proline9000_20191229_small.jpg)
ASA20 20-inch f/3.6 telescope image
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image |
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34 |
NGC1039 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M34_Combined%20FilesMED_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
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35 and NGC2158 |
NGC1039 |
Open Clusters |
![M35 and NGC2158](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M35_ASA20_Proline9000_13_January_2018_small.jpg) |
ASA 20-inch f/3.5 telescope image. |
35 |
NGC2168 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![M35](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M35_E180_ZWO_ASI071_six300sec_20200418_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with ZWO ASI071 single shot color camera. Six 300-second exposures combined. |
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36 |
NGC1960 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M36_Combined%20FilesMED_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-minute exposures combined.
![M36 E-180 image](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m36_B226_E180_Canon60Da_6_600sec_20190422_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 60Da camera.
Six 600-second exposures median combined.
![M36 and NGC1931 and environs](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/NGC1931_E180_ZWO_ASI071_four300sec_20200414_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with ZWO ASI071 single shot color camera, four 300-second exposures median combined.
![M36 and NGC1931 and environs. Labeled image](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/NGC1931_E180_ZWO_ASI071_four300sec_20200414_labeled_small.jpg) |
Labeled image |
36 |
NGC1960 |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
![M36, labeled image](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M36_Barnard226_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_fourteen420sec_20220225_small.jpg) |
Labeled image |
37 |
NGC2099 |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
![M37](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M37_ASA20_ProlineKAF9000_20210204_20210205_small.jpg) |
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37 |
NGC2099 |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![M37 and Barnard 34](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M37_Barnard34_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_seven420sec_20211016_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon EOS Ra full frame single shot color camera. |
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38 |
NGC1912 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
ASA 20-inch f/3.6 telescope image
Dream Machine Image
![M38](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M38_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_eleven420sec_20230410_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon EOS Ra camera. |
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39 |
NGC7092 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
PlaneWave CKD24 image
![M39](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M39_ASA20_ProlineKAF9000_20221126_small.jpg)
ASA20 20-inch f/3.6 astrograph image
Dream Machine Image
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M39_Combined%20FilesMED_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
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40 |
Winnecke 4 |
Double Star |
ASA20 20-inch f/3.6 astrograph image
![M40 cropped and enlarged image](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M40_ASA20_ProlineKAF9000_20220321_20220323_cropped_small.jpg)
![M40 with Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 telescope](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M40_E180_Canon60Da_ISO1600_seven300sec_20190624_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 telescope with Canon 60Da camera
Meade LXD55 8-inch f/4 image with QSI 532 CCD |
Cropped and enlarged image
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41 |
NGC2287 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
![m41.jpg (40097 bytes)](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m41_small.jpg)
AP7 image
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m41color_small.jpg)
Dream Machine image
![M41](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M41_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_five420sec_20240229_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon EOS Ra full frame mirrorless camera |
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41 |
NGC2287 |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
![M41](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m41_2016_03_10_ASA20_small.jpg) |
ASA 20-inch f/3.6 telescope image. |
42 as well as M43, the Running Man Nebula (NGC1977), and NGC1980 |
NGC1976; The Orion Nebula; NGC1982 |
Diffuse Nebula and Open Clusters |
![Geostationary satellites near M42](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M42_no_tracking_180sec_color_small.jpg) |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 telescope with ZWO ASI071 single shot color camera.
Takahashi Epsilon f/2.8 telescope centered on M42 with tracking turned off to show geostationary satellites. |
42 |
NGC1976; The Orion Nebula |
Diffuse Nebula |
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m42_m43_small.jpg)
Telephoto image with Canon 20Da camera. |
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42/43 and environs |
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Complex Region with Star Clusters, Emission, and Reflection Nebulae |
![NGC 1980 and environs, labeled image](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsNGC_ICObjects/NGCOjects/Thumbnails/NGC_1001_2000/NGC1980environ_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_seventeen420sec_small.jpg) |
Labeled image |
43 |
NGC1982 |
Diffuse Nebula |
![m43.jpg (20964 bytes)](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m43_small.jpg)
AP7 image |
This is a
composite of a 60-second exposure in red (R), a 60-second exposure in green (V), and a 90- second exposure
in blue (B). |
44 |
M44 (NGC2632); Praesepe; The Beehive Cluster |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m44color_small.jpg)
Dream Machine image.
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M44Combined_FilesMED_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da
camera. |
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m44Lrg_small.jpg)
135mm f/2.8 telephoto lens image of M44 taken on Kodak
VR1000 film with a 15 minute exposure.
|
44 |
M44 (NGC2362); Praesepe; The Beehive Cluster |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon EOS Ra camera |
|
44 |
M44 (NGC2632); Praesepe; The Beehive Cluster |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
![M44 on the evening of April 14, 2018](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m44_ASA_Proline9000_Apri1_14_2018_small.jpg) |
ASA 20-inch f/3.6 telescope image |
45 |
The Pleiades |
Galactic (Open) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/Pleiades2min_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 130 image with a Nikon D100 digital
camera. Two minute exposure.
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m45(Alcyone)color_small.jpg)
Dream Machine image showing the region around Alcyone.
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m45color_small.jpg)
Canon 20 Da digital camera image with 200 mm f/4.5 lens.
Five-minute exposure. |
The CCD image from
the 24-inch telescope provides a very limited view of
the Pleiades. The Pleiades are best shown with
wide-field photography such as the images with the Nikon
and Canon digital cameras.
![m45.jpg (36708 bytes)](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m45_small1.jpg)
This film image was obtained with the then Grassland
five-inch f/5 finder as part of the Photographic Messier Marathon.
|
45 |
The Pleiades |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da. Six
10-minute exposures combined. |
45 |
The Pleiades |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
![M45 with ASA 20-inch telescope](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m45_ASA20_Proline9000_20_December_2017_small.jpg) |
ASA 20-inch f/3.5 telescope image. |
45 |
The Pleiades |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
![Pleiades](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/Pleiades_E180_CanonEOSRa_IS01600_eighteen420sec_20210109_small.jpg) |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 astrograph with Canon EOS Ra camera.
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45 |
The Pleiades |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
![The Pleiades, total exposure 6.5 hours](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/Pleiades_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_thirty_nine600sec_20220103_small.jpg) |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 astrograph with Canon EOS Ra camera.
Six and one-half hours total exposure. |
46 |
NGC2437 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster with Planetary Nebula (NGC2438) |
PlaneWave CDK24 24-inch f/6.5 telescope with Finger Lakes Instrumentation Proline KAF-9000 CCD
![m46.jpg (52529 bytes)](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m46_small.jpg)
AP7 image
![](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/m46color_small.jpg)
Dream Machine image
![M46 and M47](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M46_M47_E180_ZWO_ASI071_five300sec_20200414_small.jpg)
M46 and M47: Takahashi Epsilon 180 astrograph with ZWO ASI071 single shot color camera. Five 300-second exposures median combined. |
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46 and 47 |
NGC 2437 and NGC 2422 |
Galactic (Open) Clusters |
![M46 and M47, labeled image](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M46_M47_E180_CanonEOSRa_ISO1600_ten420sec_20240302_small.jpg) |
Labeled image |
47 |
NGC2422 |
Galactic (Open) Cluster |
![M46 and M47](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M46_M47_E180_ZWO_ASI071_five300sec_20200414_small.jpg)
M46 and M47: Takahashi Epsilon 180 astrograph with ZWO ASI071 single shot color camera. Five 300-second exposures median combined. |
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48 |
NGC2548 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster |
Dream Machine Image
![M48](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M48_ASA20_Proline9000_20200415_small.jpg)
ASA 20-inch f/3.6 astrograph image
![M48](../../Grasslands_Images/GrasslandsMessierObjects/Thumbnails/M48_E180_ZWO_ASI071_six300sec_20200418_small.jpg)
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with ZWO ASI071 single shot color camera. Six 300-second exposures median combined. |
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