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Grasslands : The Messier Objects in Color

 
All images are oriented with the North at the top and the West to the right.

Table of Messier Objects
Main | 001 - 024 | 025 - 048 | 049 - 073 | 074 - 097 | 098 - 110
 
Messier Object Other Name(s) Type of Object Thumbnail Image Comments
49
 
NGC4472; Arp134 Galaxy  
50 NGC2323 Galactic (0pen) Cluster m50.jpg (47692 bytes)
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image

 

51 NGC5194(and NGC5195); The Whirlpool Galaxy; Arp85 Spiral Galaxy  
52 NGC7654 Galactic (0pen) Cluster  
53 NGC5024 Globular Cluster  
54 NGC6715 Globular Cluster  
55 NGC6809 Globular Cluster m55.jpg (43716 bytes)
AP 7 image

Dream Machine image
 
56 NGC6779 Globular Cluster  
57 NGC6720; The Ring Nebula Planetary Nebula Notice also the small galaxy IC1296.
58 NGC4579 Galaxy  
59 NGC4621 Galaxy  
60 NGC4649; Arp116 Galaxy M60 (Arp116; NGC4649) is the larger galaxy. The smaller galaxy is NGC4647.
61 NGC4303 Galaxy  
62 NGC6266 Globular Cluster  
63 NGC5055 Galaxy  
64 NGC4826; The Black-eye Galaxy Galaxy  
65 NGC3623; Member of Leo Triplet of M65, M66, and NGC3628 Galaxy m65.jpg (42163 bytes)
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Dream Machine image

 

 

ngc3628.jpg (42892 bytes)
NGC3628 HPC-1 image.



NGC3628 Dream Machine image.

 

Takahashi Epsilon 180 image

66 NGC3627; Member of Leo Triplet of M65, M66, and NGC3628 Galaxy m66.jpg (27996 bytes)
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Dream Machine image

 

 

M65, M66, and NGC3628: Meade 8-inch f/4 image.

M66 ST10 image

67 NGC2682 Galactic (0pen) Cluster

Dream Machine image

Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20da camera.  Three 5-min exposures combined

 
68 NGC4590 Globular Cluster

Notice the red star ( a variable star FI Hydrae) lying northeast of M68 (up and to the left). The image on the left is a standard tri-color CCD image with photometric R, V, and B filters. The image on the right has the I (near infrared) filter substituted for the R filter. Note how bright the star is in the infrared.
69 NGC6637 Globular Cluster  
70 NGC6681 Globular Cluster  
71 NGC6838 Globular Cluster  
72 NGC6981 Globular Cluster  
73 NGC6994 Asterism?  
Main | 001 - 024 | 025 - 048 | 049 - 073 | 074 - 097 | 098 - 110
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