Meade 12 inch Instruction Manual - Page 49

- 49 - 4. M (Messier) Catalog M# RA DEC SIZE M 1 M 2 M 3 M 4 M 5 05 34.5 21 33.5 13 42.3 16 23.7 15 18.6 +22 01 -00 50 +28 23 -26 31 +02 05 360 774 972 1578 1044 M 6 M 7 M 8 M 9 M 10 17 40.1 17 54.0 18 03.2 17 19.2 16 57.1 -32 13 -34 49 -24 23 -18 31 -04 07 900 4800 5400 558 906 M 11 18 51.1 -06 16 840 M 12 16 47.2 -01 57 870 M 13 16 41.7 +36 27 996 M 14 17 37.6 -03 17 702 M 15 21 30.0 +12 10 738 M 16 M 17 M 18 M 19 M 20 18 18.8 18 20.8 18 20.0 17 02.6 18 02.3 -13 47 -16 11 -17 08 -26 15 -23 02 2100 2760 540 810 1740 M 21 M 22 M 23 M 24 M 25 18 04.6 18 36.3 17 57.0 18 20.0 18 33.5 -22 30 -23 56 -19 01 -18 26 -19 14 780 1440 1620 4800 2400 M 26 18 45.4 -09 24 900 M 27 19 59.6 +22 43 910 M 28 18 24.6 -24 52 672 M 29 20 23.9 +38 32 420 M 30 21 40.3 -23 11 660 M 31 M 32 M 33 M 34 M 35 00 42.8 00 42.8 01 33.9 02 42.0 06 08.9 +41 17 +40 53 +30 40 +42 47 +24 21 10680 456 3720 2100 1680 M 36 M 37 M 38 M 39 M 40 05 36.2 05 52.4 05 28.7 21 32.2 12 36.4 +34 08 +32 33 +35 51 +48 26 +25 59 720 1440 1260 1920 972 M 41 M 42 M 43 M 44 M 45 06 47.1 05 35.3 05 35.5 08 40.1 03 47.1 -20 45 -05 23 -05 16 +19 59 +24 07 2280 3960 1200 5700 7200 M 46 M 47 M 48 M 49 M 50 07 41.9 07 36.6 08 13.7 12 29.8 07 02.9 -14 49 -14 29 -05 47 +08 00 -08 20 1620 1800 3240 534 960 M 51 M 52 M 53 M 54 M 55 13 30.0 23 24.2 13 13.0 18 55.2 19 40.1 +47 11 +61 36 +18 10 -30 28 -30 56 660 780 756 546 1140 M 56 19 16.6 +30 10 426 M 57 18 53.5 +33 02 150 M 58 12 37.8 +11 49 324 M 59 12 42.1 +11 38 306 M 60 12 43.7 +11 33 432 MAG TYPE & DESCRIPTION ALT NAME Q TAGS COMMON NAME/COMMENTS 8.4 PLAN NEB EMIS SN REM CNGC 1952 B 4 ST M1 Crab Nebula 4kly 6.5v GLOB CLUS sp=F4 CNGC 7089 C 2 ST M2 40kly 6.4v GLOB CLUS sp=F7 CNGC 5272 B 2 ST M3 35kly 5.9v GLOB CLUS sp=G0 CNGC 6121 B 2 ST M4 14kly 5.8v GLOB CLUS sp=F6 CNGC 5904 B 2 ST M5 26kly 4.2v OPEN CLUS sp=B4 CNGC 6405 C 1 ST M6 1500ly 3.3v OPEN CLUS sp=B5 CNGC 6475 C 1 ST M7 800ly 5.2 OPEN CLUS + ENEB sp=O5 CNGC 6523 B 6 ST M8 Lagoon Nebula 5100ly 7.9v GLOB CLUS CNGC 6333 D 2 ST M9 6.6v GLOB CLUS sp=G1 CNGC 6254 D 2 ST M10 20kly 5.8v OPEN CLUS sp=B8 6.6v GLOB CLUS sp=F8 5.9v GLOB CLUS sp=F6 7.6v GLOB CLUS 6.4v GLOB CLUS sp=F2 CNGC 6705 CNGC 6218 CNGC 6205 CNGC 6402 CNGC 7078 C 1 ST D 2 ST B 2 ST D 2 ST C 2 ST M11 Very rich 5600ly M12 24kly M13 Hercules Globular M14 M15 X-Ray Source 34kly 6.0v OPEN CLUS + ENEB sp=O7 CNGC 6611 D 6 ST M16 Eagle Nebula 5500ly 6.0v DIFF ENEB + OPEN CLUS HII CNGC 6618 B 6 ST M17 Omega/Swan/Horseshoe 6.9v OPEN CLUS CNGC 6613 D 1 ST M18 7.2v GLOB CLUS OBLATE CNGC 6273 D 2 ST M19 Oblate Shape Globular 6.3v DIFF ENEB + OPEN CLUS HII CNGC 6514 B 6 ST M20 Trifid Nebula 3500ly 5.9v OPEN CLUS 5.1v GLOB CLUS sp=F7 5.5v OPEN CLUS sp=B8 4.7 OPEN CLUS 6.5 OPEN CLUS SPARSE CNGC 6531 CNGC 6656 CNGC 6494 CNGC 6630 CNGC 6634 D 1 ST C 2 ST D 1 ST c1 T c 1 M21 M22 10kly M23 1400ly M24 Best with large field M25 IC 4725 Sparse Cluster 8.0v OPEN CLUS 7.6p PLAN NEB 6.9v GLOB CLUS 6.6v OPEN CLUS 7.5v GLOB CLUS CNGC 6694 CNGC 6853 CNGC 6626 CNGC 6913 CNGC 7099 D 1 ST B 4 ST D 2 ST D 1 ST D 2 S M26 M27 Dumbbell Nebula 3500ly M28 M29 M30 3.5 GALAXY Sb I-II 8.2 GALAXY E2 5.7 GALAXY Sc II-III 5.2v OPEN CLUS 5.1v OPEN CLUS sp=B5 UGC 454 UGC 452 UGC 1117 CNGC 1039 CNGC 2168 B 5 ST C 5 ST C 5 ST C 1 ST C 1 ST M31 Andromeda Gal 178x63 M32 Comp of M31 7.6x5.8 M33 Triangulum Gal 62x39 M34 M35 2800ly 6.0v OPEN CLUS CNGC 1960 C 1 ST M36 5.6v OPEN CLUS sp=B8 CNGC 2099 C 1 ST M37 4200ly 6.4v OPEN CLUS sp=B5 CNGC 1912 C 1 ST M38 4600ly 4.6v OPEN CLUS CNGC 7092 D 1 ST M39 9.6 GALAXY Sb I: + 3-SYS FNT UGC 7772 B A ST M40 16.2x2.8 Edge-On Lane 4.5v OPEN CLUS sp=B4 CNGC 2287 C 1 ST M41 2200ly 3.9 DIFF RNEB + ENEB CNGC 1976 A 3 ST M42 Orion Nebula Blue+Red 5.8 DIFF RNEB + ENEB CNGC 1982 C 3 ST M43 Orion Nebula Extension 3.1v OPEN CLUS sp=A0 CNGC 2632 C 1 ST M44 Praesepe/Beehive 590ly 1.6 OPEN CLUS + RNEB sp=B6 CNGC 1457 c 6 ST M45 Pleiades 410ly 6.1v OPEN CLUS sp=B8 4.4v OPEN CLUS sp=B3 5.8v OPEN CLUS 8.4 GALAXY E4 5.9v OPEN CLUS CNGC 2437 CNGC 2422 CNGC 2548 UGC 7629 CNGC 2323 C 1 ST D 1 ST D 1 ST C 5 ST D 1 ST M46 5400ly (+CNGC 2438 PN) M47 1600ly M48 M49 8.9x7.4 M50 8.4 GALAXY Sc I 2-SYS FACE UGC 8493 B A ST M51 11.0x7.8 Whirlpool Gal 6.9v OPEN CLUS CNGC 7654 D 1 ST M52 7.7v GLOB CLUS CNGC 5024 D 2 ST M53 7.7v GLOB CLUS CNGC 6715 D 2 ST M54 7.0 GLOB CLUS sp=F5 CNGC 6809 D 2 ST M55 20kly 8.3v GLOB CLUS 9.7p PLAN NEB RING-LIKE 9.8 GALAXY Sb 9.8 GALAXY E3 8.8 GALAXY E1 CNGC 6779 CNGC 6720 UGC 7796 UGC 7858 UGC 7898 D 2 ST B 4 ST C 5 ST D 5 ST D 5 ST M56 M57 Ring Nebula 5kly M58 5.4x4.4 Near CNGC 4621 M59 5.1x3.4 Near CNGC 4579 M60 7.2x6.2 Near CNGC 4621