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Mark has embarked on his quest to observe all Messier  objects. He's using a Celestron C8.

last updated 23-Jun-2006

[SEDS]Messier Spotting

Charles Messier was Comet hunter who lived around 1750, and catalogued faint comet like objects that were not moving and therefore were not comets. These are the ones I've spotted so far out of a total of 110.
M5 
RA 15:18.6
Dec 2:05

[M5]
M3
RA 13 : 42.2 
Dec 22:01

[M3]
M1
Crab Nebula
RA 5:34.5
Dec 22:01

[M1]
M35
RA 6 08.9
Dec 24:20

[M35]
M38
RA 5 28.7
Dec 35 59

[M38]
M42
The Great Nebula
RA 5 35.4
Dec -20.44

[M42]
M45:The Pleiades
RA 3 47.0
Dec 24.07

[M45]
M67
RA 8 50.4
Dec 11 49

 

[M67]
M83:
Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
R A 13 : 37.0 
Dec -29 : 52

M10
RA 16 : 57.1 
Dec-04 : 06

[M10]
M12
R A 16 : 47.2
Dec -01 : 57

[M12]
M51
RA13 : 29.9
Dec +47 : 12

M63
Sunflower Galaxy
RA13 : 15.8
Dec+42 : 02

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