The Messier catalog is a summary of various astronomical objects. It was first published in 1774 by the French astronomer Charles Messier with 45 objects. It now includes 110 celestial objects ...

Beneath the Cosmos — Mondays. Relax in a zero-gravity chair while staff members guide you through the night sky, using laser ...

Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, M8 was discovered in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who, like Charles Messier, sought to catalog nebulous objects in the night sky so ...

Discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, M20 is a star-forming nebula located 9,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42 or NGC 1976) ...

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 is one of my favorites. I took this picture of it on February 24. M51 (the large galaxy in the center) was discovered by Charles Messier in 1773. He referred to it as “a very ...

Binoculars never get enough credit when it comes to stargazing. They don’t have as much light-gathering ability and ...

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