Messier Certificate Log
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A B C D E F 1 CENTRAL FLORIDA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2 MESSIER CERTIFICATE OBSERVING LOG 3 FOR: (Your name) 4 CONSTELLATION Messier Object Date Time Instrument Remarks 5 Andromeda 6 M31 The Andromeda Galaxy spiral galaxy (type Sb) 7 M32 Satellite galaxy of M31 elliptical galaxy (type E2 8 M110 Satellite galaxy of M31 elliptical galaxy (type E6pec) 9 10 Aquarius 11 M2 globular cluster 12 M72 globular cluster 13 M73 system or asterism of 4 stars 14 15 Auriga 16 M36 open cluster 17 M37 open cluster 18 M38 open cluster 19 20 Cancer 21 22 M44 Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster open cluster 23 M67 open cluster 24 25 Canes Venatici 26 M3 globular cluster 27 M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy spiral galaxy 28 M63 Sunflower galaxy spiral galaxy 29 M94 spiral galaxy 30 M106 spiral galaxy 31 32 Canis Major 33 M41 open cluster 34 Capricornus 35 M30 globular cluster 36 37 Cassiopeia 38 M52 open cluster A B C D E F 1 CENTRAL FLORIDA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2 MESSIER CERTIFICATE OBSERVING LOG 3 FOR: (Your name) 4 CONSTELLATION Messier Object Date Time Instrument Remarks 39 M103 open cluster 40 41 Cetus 42 M77 spiral galaxy 43 44 Coma Berenices 45 M53 globular cluster 46 M64 Blackeye galaxy spiral galaxy 47 M85 elliptical galaxy 48 M88 spiral galaxy 49 M91 spiral galaxy 50 M98 spiral galaxy 51 M99 spiral galaxy 52 M100 spiral galaxy 53 54 Cygnus 55 M29 open cluster 56 M39 open cluster 57 58 Draco 59 M102 may be NGC 5866 Spindle Galaxy , a lenticular galaxy (type S0_3) 60 Gemini 61 M35 open cluster 62 Hercules 63 M13 Great Hercules Globular Cluster globular cluster 64 M92 globular cluster 65 66 Hydra 67 M48 open cluster 68 M68 globular cluster 69 M83 spiral galaxy 70 71 72 A B C D E F 1 CENTRAL FLORIDA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2 MESSIER CERTIFICATE OBSERVING LOG 3 FOR: (Your name) 4 CONSTELLATION Messier Object Date Time Instrument Remarks 73 Leo 74 M65 spiral galaxy 75 M66 spiral galaxy 76 M95 spiral galaxy 77 M96 spiral galaxy 78 M105 elliptical galaxy 79 80 Lepus 81 M79 globular cluster 82 83 Lyra 84 M56 globular cluster 85 M57 The Ring Nebula planetary nebula 86 87 Monoceros 88 M50 open cluster 89 90 Ophiuchus 91 M9 globular cluster 92 M10 globular cluster 93 M12 globular cluster 94 M14 globular cluster 95 M19 globular cluster 96 M62 globular cluster 97 M107 globular cluster 98 99 Orion 100 M42 The Great Orion Nebula diffuse nebula 101 M43 part of the Orion Nebula (de Mairan's Nebula) diffuse nebula 102 M78 diffuse nebula 103 104 Pegasus 105 M15 globular cluster 106 A B C D E F 1 CENTRAL FLORIDA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2 MESSIER CERTIFICATE OBSERVING LOG 3 FOR: (Your name) 4 CONSTELLATION Messier Object Date Time Instrument Remarks 107 Perseus 108 M34 open cluster 109 M76 The Little Dumbell, Cork, or Butterfly planetary nebula 110 111 Pisces 112 M74 spiral galaxy 113 114 Puppis 115 M46 open cluster 116 M47 open cluster 117 M93 open cluster 118 119 Sagitta 120 M71 globular cluster 121 122 Sagittarius 123 M8 The Lagoon Nebula diffuse nebula 124 M17 The Omega or Swan or Horseshoe Nebula diffuse nebula 125 M18 open cluster 126 M20 The Trifid Nebula diffuse nebula 127 M21 open cluster 128 M22 globular cluster 129 M23 open cluster 130 M24 Milky Way Patch star cloud with open cluster (NGC 6603) 131 M25 open cluster 132 M28 globular cluster 133 M54 globular cluster 134 M55 globular cluster 135 M69 globular cluster 136 M70 globular cluster 137 M75 globular cluster 138 139 140 A B C D E F 1 CENTRAL FLORIDA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2 MESSIER CERTIFICATE OBSERVING LOG 3 FOR: (Your name) 4 CONSTELLATION Messier Object Date Time Instrument Remarks 141 Scorpius 142 M4 globular cluster 143 M6 The Butterfly Cluster open cluster 144 M7 Ptolemy's Cluster open cluster 145 M80 globular cluster 146 147 Scutum 148 M11 The Wild Duck Cluster open cluster 149 M26 open cluster 150 151 Serpens Caput 152 M5 globular cluster 153 154 Serpens Cauda 155 M16 open cluster associated with the Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) 156 157 Taurus 158 M1 The Crab Nebula supernova remnant 159 M45 Subaru, the Pleiades--the Seven Sisters open cluster 160 161 Triangulum 162 M33 The Triangulum Galaxy (also Pinwheel) spiral galaxy 163 164 Ursa Major 165 166 M40 Double Star Winecke 4 (WNC 4) 167 M81 Bode's Galaxy (nebula) spiral galaxy (type Sb) 168 M82 The Cigar Galaxy irregular galaxy 169 M97 The Owl Nebula planetary nebula 170 Messier 101 The Pin Wheel Galaxy (type Sc) 171 M108 spiral galaxy (type Sc(s)III) 172 M109 spiral galaxy (type SBb(rs)I) 173 174 A B C D E F 1 CENTRAL FLORIDA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2 MESSIER CERTIFICATE OBSERVING LOG 3 FOR: (Your name) 4 CONSTELLATION Messier Object Date Time Instrument Remarks 175 Virgo 176 M49 elliptical galaxy (type E1 or S0_1(1)) 177 M58 spiral galaxy (type Sab(s)II) 178 M59 elliptical galaxy (type E5) 179 M60 elliptical galaxy (type E2 or S0_1(2)) 180 M61 spiral galaxy (type Sc(s)I.2) 181 M84 elliptical or lenticular galaxy (type SB0_2/3(r)(3)) 182 M86 elliptical galaxy (type E3 or S0_1(3)) 183 M87 Virgo A elliptical galaxy (type E0), with Smoking Gun 184 M89 elliptical galaxy (type E0) 185 M90 spiral galaxy (type Sab(s)I-II) 186 M104 The Sombrero Galaxy spiral galaxy (type Sa+/Sb-) 187 188 Vulpecula 189 M27 The Dumbbell Nebula planetary nebula 190 191 NOTES: 192 Create Codes for your telescopes, mounts, and Binoculars to use in the Instrument column 193 A. Telescopes: 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 B. Mounts: (Indicate if GoTo) 202 203 204 205 206 C. Binoculars: 207 208.