Messier Catalogue Entry M6
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M6, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M6.
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Charles Messier Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Charles Messier through 100 dated historical records for France.
Charles Messier, historical timeline
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1774
Messier Catalogue Entry M7
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M7, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M7.
Messier Catalogue Entry M8
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M8, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M8.
Messier Catalogue Entry M9
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M9, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M9.
1780
Messier Catalogue Entry M46
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M46, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M47
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M47, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M48
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M48, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M49
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M49, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M50
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M50, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M51
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M51, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M52
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M52, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M53
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M53, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M54
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M54, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M55
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M55, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M56
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M56, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M57
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M57, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M58
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M58, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M59
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M59, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M60
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M60, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M61
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M61, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M62
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M62, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M63
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M63, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M64
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M64, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M65
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M65, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M66
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M66, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M67
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M67, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M68
Messier's expanded 1780 catalogue includes M68, extending his published list of permanent comet-like objects beyond the original 45 entries.
Messier Catalogue Entry M69
Messier adds M69 in material accompanying the 1780 catalogue volume, bringing the published sequence to seventy objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M70
Messier adds M70 in material accompanying the 1780 catalogue volume, bringing the published sequence to seventy objects.
1781
Messier Catalogue Entry M100
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M100, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M101
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M101, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M71
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M71, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M72
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M72, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M73
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M73, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M74
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M74, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M75
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M75, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M76
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M76, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M77
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M77, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M78
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M78, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Messier Catalogue Entry M79
Messier's 1781 final published catalogue includes M79, one of the entries that expanded the list to 103 astronomical objects.
Records, sources and methodology
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