Messier Catalogue Entry M10
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M10, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M10.
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Charles Messier Biography and Timeline
Follow Charles Messier through 100 dated historical records for France.
Charles Messier, historical timeline
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Messier Catalogue Entry M11
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M11, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M11.
Messier Catalogue Entry M12
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M12, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M12.
Messier Catalogue Entry M13
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M13, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M13.
Messier Catalogue Entry M14
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M14, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M14.
Messier Catalogue Entry M15
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M15, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M15.
Messier Catalogue Entry M16
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M16, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M16.
Messier Catalogue Entry M17
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M17, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M17.
Messier Catalogue Entry M18
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M18, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M18.
Messier Catalogue Entry M19
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M19, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M19.
Messier Catalogue Entry M1
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M1, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M1.
Messier Catalogue Entry M20
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M20, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M20.
Messier Catalogue Entry M21
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M21, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M21.
Messier Catalogue Entry M22
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M22, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M22.
Messier Catalogue Entry M23
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M23, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M23.
Messier Catalogue Entry M24
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M24, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M24.
Messier Catalogue Entry M25
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M25, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M25.
Messier Catalogue Entry M26
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M26, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M26.
Messier Catalogue Entry M27
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M27, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M27.
Messier Catalogue Entry M28
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M28, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M28.
Messier Catalogue Entry M29
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M29, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M29.
Messier Catalogue Entry M2
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M2, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M2.
Messier Catalogue Entry M30
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M30, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M30.
Messier Catalogue Entry M32
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M32, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M32.
Messier Catalogue Entry M33
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M33, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M33.
Messier Catalogue Entry M34
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M34, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M34.
Messier Catalogue Entry M35
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M35, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M35.
Messier Catalogue Entry M36
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M36, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M36.
Messier Catalogue Entry M37
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M37, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M37.
Messier Catalogue Entry M38
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M38, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M38.
Messier Catalogue Entry M39
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M39, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M39.
Messier Catalogue Entry M3
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M3, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M3.
Messier Catalogue Entry M40
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M40, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M40.
Messier Catalogue Entry M41
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M41, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M41.
Messier Catalogue Entry M42
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M42, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M42.
Messier Catalogue Entry M43
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M43, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M43.
Messier Catalogue Entry M44
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M44, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M44.
Messier Catalogue Entry M45
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M45, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M45.
Messier Catalogue Entry M4
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M4, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M4.
Messier Catalogue Entry M5
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M5, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M5.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.