The Messier Imaging Project

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This area is devoted to the publishing of my imaging of celestial objects in the Messier Catalog. Charles Messier was an 18th-century comet hunter who compiled a list of 110 objects that might be mistaken for comets. His list represents some of the best and brightest of the deep sky (along with a few duds).

IMAGE GALLERY

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	M 4 Constellation: Scorpius Type: Globular Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 8 Lagoon Nebula Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Emission Nebula Telescope: 20" RC Camera: SBIG STX-16803 Exposure: 30 seconds
	M 9 Constellation: Ophiuchus Type: Globular Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 11 Wild Duck Cluster Constellation: Scutum Type: Open Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 12 Constellation: Ophiuchus Type: Globular Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 13 Great Hercules Cluster Constellation: Hercules Type: Globular Cluster Telescope: 20" RC Camera: SBIG STX-16803 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 16 Eagle Nebula Constellation: Serpens Type: Cluster + Nebula Telescope: 20" RC Camera: SBIG STX-16803 Exposure: 30 seconds
	M 17 Swan Nebula Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Bright Nebula Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 18 Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Open Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 20 Trifid Nebula Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Bright Nebula Telescope: 20" RC Camera: SBIG STX-16803 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 21 Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Open Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 22 Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Globular Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 26 Constellation: Scutum Type: Open Cluster Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 60 seconds
	M 57 Constellation: Lyra Type: Planetary Nebula Telescope: 14" SCT Camera: SBIG ST-8300 Exposure: 30 seconds