Messier objects

The Pleiades ( ), also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light-years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and the nearest Messier object to Earth, being the most obvious star cluster to the naked eye in the night sky. It contains the reflection nebulae NGC 1432, an HII region, and NGC 1435, known as the Merope Nebula. Around 2330 BC the Pleiades marked the vernal point. Due to the brightness of its stars, the Pleiades is viewable fr

barred spiral galaxy within the Local Group

Supernova remnant

diffuse nebula

spiral galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum

astronomical objects catalogued by Charles Messier

emission nebula and H II region in Sagittarius

Unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo

galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

eagle-like animal nebula

spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

galaxy in the Virgo Galactic Cluster

spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

Globular cluster

galactic globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici

galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

galaxy

Globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius. Closest globular cluster.

HII region

planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra

spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici

H II region in the constellation Sagittarius, discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux

Globular cluster

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

Reflection nebula in the constellation Orion

Globular cluster

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces

planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

Open cluster in the constellation Scorpius

Open cluster

Inneragual globular cluster

Open cluster in the constellation Scutum

Planetary nebula

Globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus

Nebula and H II region in the constellation Orion

Globular cluster

globular cluster

open cluster in the constellation Cygnus

Barred spiral galaxy in the constellations Centaurus and Hydra

elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo

galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo

Open cluster

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici

globular cluster

globular cluster

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenicies

open cluster

open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

open cluster

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

galaxy

Open cluster

globular cluster in the constellation Coma Berenices

galaxy

Globular cluster

Open cluster in the constellation Perseus