Object NGC Popular Type Mag Const Size OBS SA RA DEC Classif. Description Notes M 1 1952 Crab Nebula Sre 8.4 Tau 6.0'x4.0' E3 5 5h34m26s +22°0'51" E vB,vL,E135,vglbM,r Crab Nebula,Rosse saw filaments,cent pulsar 16 mag,3C144 M 2 7089 GC 6.5 Aqr 12.9' E24 17 21h33m28s -0°49'28" 2 !!B,vL,gpmbM,rrr,st eS Lord Rosse-Dark area near core,* mags 13... M 3 5272 GC 6.4 CVn 16.2' E15 7 13h42m11.2s +28°22'32" 6 !!,eB,vL,vsmbM,st 11.. Lord Rosse-sev dark marks within 5' of center M 4 6121 GC 5.9 Sco 26.3' E18 22 16h23m35.5s -26°31'31" 9 Cl,8 or 10 B* in line,rrr Look for central bar structure M 5 5904 GC 5.8 Ser 17.4' E15 15 15h18m33.8s +2°04'58" 5 !!,vB,L,eCM,eRi st mags 11...,superb cluster M 6 6405 Butterfly cluster OC 4.2 Sco 15.0' E18 22 17h40m06.0s -32°13'00" III 2 p Cl,L,iR,lC,st7,10... Butterfly cluster,51 members to 10.5 mag incl var* BM Sco M 7 6475 OC 3.3 Sco 80.0' E18 22 17h53m54.0s -34°49'00" II 2 r Cl,vB,pRi,lC,*7...12 80 members to 10th mag,Fine naked eye cluster M 8 6523 Lagoon Nebula ClN 5.0 Sgr 35.0'x50.0' E20 22 18h04m06.0s -24°16'00" E !!!,vB,eL,eiF,w L Cl Lagoon Nebula,Cl NGC 6530 invl,dark lane crosses neb M 9 6333 GC 7.9 Oph 9.3' E17 15 17h19m11.8s -18°30'59" 8 B,L,R,eCM,rrr Dark neb B64 prominent to west M 10 6254 GC 6.6 Oph 15.1' E17 15 16h57m08.9s -4°05'58" 7 B,vL,R,gvmBM,rrr Lord Rosse reported dark lane in cluster M 11 6705 Wild duck cluster OC 5.8 Sct 14.0' E19 16 18h51m06.0s -6°16'00" I 2 r !!Cl,vB,L,iR,Ri,*9.. 500 stars to 14th mag,Wild duck cluster M 12 6218 GC 6.6 Oph 14.5' E17 15 16h47m14.5s -1° 56' 52" 9 vB,vL,iR,gmbM Somewhat loose structure M 13 6205 Hercules cluster GC 5.9 Her 16.6' N14 8 16h41m41.5s +36°27'37" 5 !!eB,vRi,vgeCM,*11 Hercules cluster,Messier said round nebula contains no star M 14 6402 GC 7.6 Oph 11.7' E17 15 17h37m36.1s -3°14'45" 8 B,vL,R,eRi,vgmbM Many vF stars 14... M 15 7078 GC 6.4 Peg 12.3' E23 17 21h29m58.3s +12°10'01" 4 !,vB,vL,iR,vsmbM,rrr,st vS Stars mags 13... M 16 6611 OC 6.0 Ser 6.0' E20 16 18h18m48.0s -13°47'00" II 3 m n: L,B,scattered Cl,neb invl In Ser OB1,Star Queen or Eagle Nebula,stars mags 8... M 17 6618 Omega nebula ClN 6.0 Sgr 30.0'x30.0' E20 16 18h21m12.0s -16°09'00" III 3 m n !!!,B,eL,eiF,2 hooked Omega nebula,Swan Nebula,many F outer loops,use filter M 18 6613 OC 6.9 Sgr 9.0' E20 16 18h19m54.0s -17°08'00" II 3 p n Cl,P,vlC 12 * mag 9-10,1 deg S of M17 ,20* M 19 6273 GC 7.2 Oph 13.5' E18 22 17h02m37.7s -26°16'05" 8 vB,L,R,vCM,rrr One of the most oblate globulars M 20 6514 Trifid nebula ClN 6.3 Sgr 30.0'x20.0' E20 22 18h02m30.0s -22°57'00" n vB,vL,Trifid,D* inv Trifid nebula,sev dark lanes,H IV 41 & V 10,D* HN 40 invl 67* M 21 6531 OC 5.9 Sgr 13.0' E20 22 18h04m36.0s -22°30'00" I 3 m Cl,pRi,lC,st9...12 In Sgr OB1,36 members to 12th mag M 22 6656 GC 5.1 Sgr 24.0' E20 22 18h36m24.2s -23°54'12" 7 vB,vL,R,vRi,vmC Stars mags 11...,one of finest globs M 23 6494 OC 5.5 Sgr 27.0' E20 15 17h56m48.0s -19°01'00" III 1 m Cl,B,vL,pRi,lC,*10.. 100 members to 13th mag M 24 Mel 197 OC 4.0 Sgr 100.0'x100.0' E20 16 18h16m42.0s -18°39'00" vvB,eL,mE,many * of diff mags Small Sagittarius Star Cloud,sev drk neb and NGC 6603 invl M 25 IC 4725 OC 4.6 Sgr 32.0' E20 16 18h31m36.0s -19°15'00" I 2 p Cl,pC Contains U Sgr,Stars mags 6...10 M 26 6694 OC 8.0 Sct 15.0' E19 16 18h45m12.0s -9°24'00" I 1 m Cl,cL,pRi,pC,st12..15 Finderscope will show why Messier included it,70 * to 14 m 30* M 27 6853 Dumbbell Neb PlN 7.3 Vul 8.0'x5.7' E21 8 19h59m33.5s +22°43'15" 3(2) !!vB,vL,bi-N,IE,Dumbbell Neb PK60-3.1,Lord Rosse drew 18* invl M 28 6626 GC 6.9 Sgr 11.2' E20 22 18h24m32.9s -24°52'12" 4 vB,L,R,geCM,rrr 45' NW from Lambda SGR,* mags 14... M 29 6913 OC 6.6 Cyg 7.0' N20 9 20h23m54.0s +38°32'00" III 3 p n Cl,P,lC,st L&S About 20 stars mags 8... M 30 7099 GC 7.5 Cap 11.0' E22 23 21h40m22.0s -23°10'45" 5 !,B,L,lE,gpmbM,st 12...16 Herschel saw very elliptical shape M 31 224 Andromeda Galaxy GX 3.4 And 178.0'x40.0' N0 4 00h42m44.4s +41°16'08" Sb !!!eeB,eL,vmE PA 35,Local group,Andromeda Galaxy,nearest spiral M 32 221 GX 8.1 And 8.0'x6.0' N0 4 00h42m41.9s +40°51'55" E2 vvB,L,R,psmbMN PA 170,M31 Triplicate,Comp to M31 M 33 598 Pinwheel Galaxy GX 5.7 Tri 73.0'x45.0' N0 4 01h33m50.9s +30°39'37" Sc eB,eL,R,vgbMN PA 23,Local Group,Pinwheel Galaxy,H V 17 M 34 1039 OC 5.2 Per 35.0' N4 4 02h42m00.0s +42°47'00" II 3 m Cl,B,vL,lC,sC st9... At least 80 true members,sev D* incl h1123 & O Struve 44 M 35 2168 OC 5.1 Gem 28.0' E7 5 06h08m54.0s +24°20'00" III 2 m Cl,vL,cRi,,pC,st9...16 Lord Rosse counted 300*,Orange * invl,NGC 2158 30' SW M 36 1960 OC 6.0 Aur 12.0' N6 5 05h36m06.0s +34°08'00" II 3 m Cl,B,vL,vRi,lC,*9..11 in Aur OB1,incl Struve 737 10.7" sep M 37 2099 OC 5.6 Aur 24.0' N6 5 05h52m24.0s +32°33'00" II 1 r !!Cl,Ri,pCM,st L & S Total population 500*,dark area near center M 38 1912 OC 6.4 Aur 21.0' N6 5 05h28m42.0s +35°50'00" III 2 m Cl,B,vL,vRi,iF,st L & S in Aur OB1,Burnham-shaped like Greek letter Pi M 39 7092 OC 4.6 Cyg 32.0' N24 9 21h32m12.0s +48°26'00" III 2 p Cl,vL,P,vlC,*7...10 Large but loose cluster M 40 Winn 4 Dbl 9.0 UMa 32.0' N10 2 12h21m54.0s +58°06'00" Neb D* D* 9.0 & 9.3 mag 50' sep,No neby M 41 2287 OC 4.5 CMa 38.0' E6 19 06h47m00.0s -20°44'00" II 3 m Cl,vL,B,lC,st 8... 150 members to 13 mag,orange * near center M 42 1976 great nebula M42 ClN 4.0 Ori 45.0'x45.0' E4 11 05h34m54.0s -5°32'00" E+R !!!,Theta Orionis and the great nebula M42 Trapezium* 6.7-7.7m,>50 var* invl,M 43 to NE M 43 1982 BrN 9.0 Ori 20.0'x15.0' E4 11 05h35m30.0s -5°16'00" E+R !,vB,vL,R w tail,mbM*8 H III 1 ?,detached part of Orion Nebula M 44 2632 OC 3.1 Cnc 95.0' E9 12 08h40m06.0s +19°59'00" II 2 m !!Praesepe Beehive,200 memb to 14 mag M 45 Mel 22 Pleiades ClN 1.2 Tau 100.0' E3 4 03h47m00.0s +24°07'00" I 3 r n vvB,vL,brilliant naked eye cluster,neb inv Pleiades,nebys NGC 1432 and 1435 involved M 46 2437 OC 6.1 Pup 27.0' E8 12 07h41m48.0s -14°49'00" III 2 m !,Cl,vB,vRi,vL PLNNB NGC 2438 on N edge,150 * 10-13 mag M 47 2422 OC 4.4 Pup 30.0' E8 12 07h36m36.0s -14°30'00" III 2 m Cl,B,vL,pRi,st L & S H VIII 38,Messier gave poor postion,Struve 1121 & 1120 invl M 48 2548 OC 5.8 Hya 54.0' E10 12 08h13m48.0s -5°48'00" I 2 m Cl,vL,pRi,pmC,* 9..13 Messier wrong position by 4 deg in dec,50* 9-13mag,H VI 22 M 49 4472 GX 8.4 Vir 8.0'x7.0' E14 14 12h 9m46.5s +7°59'58" E4 vB,L,R,mbM,r PA 155,4467 @ 4.2',4470 @ 10.5',4465 @ 5.8' M 50 2323 OC 5.9 Mon 16.0' E8 12 07h03m 2.0s -8°20'00" II 3 m Cl,vL,Ri,pC About 100 stars mags 9...14 M 51 5194 Whirlpool Gal GX 8.4 CVn 9.0'x7.5' N12 7 13h29m53.3s +47°11'48" Sc !!!,Great spiral nebula PA 163,Whirlpool Gal,interacting pair P(b) at 4',classic spiral M 52 7654 OC 6.9 Cas 13.0' N22 3 23h24m12.0s +61°35'00" I 2 r L,Ri,mCM,*9..13 Messier saw neby there is none M 53 5024 GC 7.7 Com 12.6' E13 14 13h12m55.3s +18°10'09" 5 !B,vC,iR,vvmbM,st 12... 1 deg NE of Alpha Comae M 54 6715 GC 7.7 Sgr 9.1' E20 22 18h55m03.3s -30°28'42" 3 vB,L,R,g,smbM * mags 15... M 55 6809 GC 7.0 Sgr 19.0' E22 22 19h39m59.4s -30°57'44" 11 pB,L,R,vRi,vgbM * mags 15... M 56 6779 GC 8.3 Lyr 7.1' N18 8 19h16m35.5s +30°11'05" 10 B,L,iR,gvmCM,rrr Stars 11... M 57 6720 Ring Nebula PN 9.0 Lyr 1.4'x1.0' N18 8 18h53m33.4s +33°01'48" 4(3) Ring neb,B,pL,cE Ring Nebula,central* var 14 to 16 mag,PK63+13.1 Object NGC Popular Type Mag Const Size OBS SA RA DEC Classif. Description Notes M 58 4579 GX 9.7 Vir 6.0'x5.0' E14 14 12h37m44.2s +11°49'11" Sb B,L,iR,vmbM PA 95,fine compact spiral M 59 4621 GX 9.6 Vir 4.5'x3.5' E14 14 12h42m02.5s +11°38'49" E3 B,pL,lE,vsvmbM,2 * p PA 165,B diff N,smooth arms M 60 4649 GX 8.8 Vir 3.0'x2.5' E14 14 12h43m40.3s +11°32'58" E1 vB,pL,R,f of Dneb PA 105,4647 @ 2.5' M 61 4303 GX 9.6 Vir 6.6'x6.4' E14 14 12h21m54.7s +4°28'20" Sc vB,vL,vsbM*,biN SN 1926,1961,1964,NGC 4301 @ 10.0',H I 139,L face-on spiral M 62 6266 GC 6.6 Oph 14.1' E18 22 17h01m12.6s -30°06'44" 4 vB,L,gmbM,rrr Nonsymmetrical M 63 5055 GX 8.6 CVn 15.0'x9.0' N12 7 13h15m49.3s +42°02'06" Sb+ vB,L,pME120,vsmbM,BN PA 105,vsvB stell. N in B inner lens,many filam M 64 4826 Blackeye Galaxy GX 8.5 Com 10.0'x5.0' E13 7 12h56m44.3s +21°41'05" Sa !vB,vL,vmE120,bM,SBN PA 115,Blackeye Galaxy,dark marking nr center M 65 3623 GX 9.3 Leo 9.5'x2.3' E11 13 11h18m55.3s +13°05'35" Sb B,vL,mE 165,gbMBN PA 174,M66 subgroup M 66 3627 GX 8.9 Leo 9.0'x4.2' E11 13 11h20m15.0s +12°59'29" Sb B,vL,mE 150,mbM,2 st np PA 173,brightest in Leo group,NGC 3628 in field M 67 2682 OC 6.9 Cnc 30.0' E9 12 08h50m24.0s +11°49'00" II 2 m ! Cl,vB,vL,eRi,lC,*10...15 500 memb to 16 mag,Mallas-dark spot near center M 68 4590 GC 8.2 Hya 12.0' E12 21 12h39m28.0s -26°44'34" 10 L,eRi,vC,iR,rrr,st 13... ? M 69 6637 GC 7.7 Sgr 7.1' E20 22 18h31m23.2s -32°20'53" 5 B,L,R,rrr,*14..16 ? M 70 6681 GC 8.1 Sgr 7.8' E20 22 18h43m12.7s -32°17'31" 5 B,pL,R,gbM Curved arc of stars to NE,* mags 14... M 71 6838 GC 8.3 Sge 7.2' E21 16 19h53m46.1s +18°46'42" Cl,vL,vRi,pmC,*11...16 Classification uncertain very metal rich for a glob M 72 6981 GC 9.4 Aqr 5.9' E24 16 20h53m27.9s -12°32'13" 9 pB,pL,R,gmCM,rrr 3 deg WSW of NGC 7009 M 73 6994 OC 8.9 Aqr 2.8' E24 16 20h59m00.0s -12°38'00" IV 1 p: Cl,eP,vlC,No neb 4 or 5 10th mag stars,Messier saw neby but there is none M 74 628 GX 9.4 Psc 12.0'x12.0' E1 10 01h36m41.7s +15°47'00" Sc F,vL,R,vg,psmbM,rr PA 25,Fine face on spiral M 75 6864 GC 8.6 Sgr 6.0' E22 23 20h06m04.8s -21°55'17" 1 B,pL,R,vmbMBN,rr * mags 17... M 76 650 Cork Nebula PN 11.0 Per 2.7'x1.8' N0 1 01h42m21.4s +51°34'06" 3(6) vB,p of Dneb Little Dumbbell or Cork Nebula,PK130-10.1 M 77 1068 GX 8.9 Cet 9.0'x8.0' E0 10 02h42m40.2s -0°00'48" SBp vB,pL,iR,sbMrrN PA 70,Seyfert,brtst in NGC 1068 grp M 78 2068 BN 8.0 Ori 8.0'x6.0' E5 11 05h46m48.0s +0°04'00" R B,L,wisp,gmbN,3* inv,r Comet shaped,2 10mag * invl 53' sep,preplanetary disk? M 79 1904 GC 8.4 Lep 8.7' E4 19 05h24m10.6s -24°31'27" 5 pL,eRi,eC,rrr Stars vF M 80 6093 GC 7.2 Sco 8.9' E18 22 16h17m02.5s -22°58'30" 2 vB,L,vmbM,rrr,st 14... Extremely rich and compressed M 81 3031 GX 6.9 UMa 26.0'x14.0' N8 2 09h55m33.5s +69°04'00" Sb ! eB,eL,E 156,gsvmbM,BN PA 157,brightest in group,fine spiral M 82 3034 GX 8.4 UMa 13.0'x6.0' N8 2 09h55m54.0s +69°40'57" Ip vB,vL,vmE(ray) PA 65,M81 group,eruptive,H IV 79 M 83 5236 GX 7.5 Hya 11.2'x10.2' E16 21 13h37m00.3s -29°52'04" Sc vB,vL,E55,esBMN,spir Fast SupNova producer-4 in 50 yrs M 84 4374 GX 9.1 Vir 5.0'x4.0' E14 14 12h25m03.7s +12°53'15" E1 vB,pL,R,psbM PA 135,Markarian's chain,NGC 4387 @ 10.5',center of Virgo cluster M 85 4382 GX 9.1 Com 7.4'x5.5' E14 14 12h25m24.7s +18°11'27" vB,pL,R,bM,* np SN 1960r,P w NGC 4394 @ 7.8' foll M 86 4406 GX 8.9 Vir 12.0'x9.0' E14 14 12h26m11.8s +12°56'49" E3 vB,L,R,gbMN PA 130,Markarian's chain,comp superimposed @ 1.4',NGC 4402 @ 10.0' M 87 4486 GX 8.6 Vir 7.0'x7.0' E14 14 12h30m49.7s +12°23'24" E1p vB,vL,R,mbM,3 of 3 B in Virgo cluster,NGC 4486A @ 7.5' ssf,NGC 4486B @ 7.3' M 88 4501 GX 9.6 Com 6.7'x3.0' E14 14 12h31m59.6s +14°25'17" B,vL,vmE PA 140,comp @ 6.9',mult arm spiral M 89 4552 GX 9.8 Vir 3.4'x3.4' E14 14 12h35m39.9s +12°33'25" EO pB,pS,R,gmbM ? M 90 4569 GX 9.5 Vir 11.4'x4.7' E14 14 12h36m50.1s +13°09'48" Sb pL,bMN PA 23,IC 3583 @ 6.0',vseBN in B diff bar w much dark matter M 91 4548 GX 10.1 Com 5.5'x4.5' E14 14 12h35m26.3s +14°29'49" SBb B,L,lE,lbM PA 150,NGC 4571 @ 27.0',H II 120,F outer arms in S pattrn M 92 6341 GC 6.5 Her 11.2' N14 8 17h17m07.3s +43°08'11" 4 vB,vL,eCM,st 12... Lord Rosse saw spiral structure M 93 2447 OC 6.2 Pup 22.0' E6 19 07h44m36.0s -23°52'00" IV 1 p Cl,L,pRi,lC,st8...13 63 members to 13 mag,wedge shaped center M 94 4736 GX 8.2 CVn 14.0'x12.0' N12 7 12h50m53.6s +41°07'10" Sb vB,L,iR,vsvmbM,BN,r PA 105 M 95 3351 GX 9.7 Leo 8.5'x5.0' E11 13 10h43m58.0s +11°42'15" SBb B,L,R,pgmbMN PA 13,Leo group M 96 3368 GX 9.3 Leo 7.5'x5.0' E11 13 10h46m45.2s +11°49'16" Sbp vB,vL,lE,vsvmbM,r PA 5,comp @ 3.8',PA 205 M 97 3587 Owl Nebula PN 11.0 UMa 3.4'x3.3' N10 2 11h14m47.1s +55°00'38" 3a !! vB,vL,R,vvg,vsbM Owl Nebula,PK148+57.1 M 98 4192 GX 10.1 Com 9.9'x2.2' E14 14 12h13m48.2s +14°53'43" Sb B,vL,vmE152,vsvmbM PA 155,6 Comae * 30' west M 99 4254 SG 9.9 Com 5.0'x4.7' E14 14 12h18m49.4s +14°25'07" Sc !,B,L,R,gbM,r,3 branch spiral SN 1967h,Norton-diff for small scope M 100 4321 SG 9.4 Com 6.8'x5.8' E14 14 12h22m55.2s +15°49'23" Sc pF,vL,R,vg,psbMrN,spiral-Rosse PA 30,SN 1901-14-59,NGC 4322 @ 5.2',NGC 4328 @ 6.1' M 101 5457 SG 7.9 UMa 28.0'x28.0' N10 2 14h03m12.5s +54°20'55" Sc pB,vL,iR,g,vsmbM,BSN P w 5474,SN 1909,spir galax w one heavy arm,B knot E M 102 5866 GX 9.9 Dra 6.5'x3.0' N16 2 15h06m30.2s +55°45'46" E6p vB,cL,pME146,gbM PA 128,vBN w dk lane and ansae,NGC 5867 small E neb,H I 215 M 103 581 OC 7.4 Cas 6.0' N2 1 01h33m12.0s +60°42'00" III 2 p Cl,pL,B,R,Ri,*10..11 in Cas OB8,incl Struve 131 6-9m 14" M 104 4594 Sombrero Galaxy GX 8.0 Vir 8.9'x4.1' E12 14 12h39m59.4s -11°37'22" Sa !vB,vL,eE92,vsmbMN PA 90,H I 43,dark equatorial lane,Sombrero Galaxy M 105 3379 GX 9.3 Leo 3.8'x3.8' E11 13 10h47m49.9s +12°34'57" E1 vB,cL,R,psbM,r H I 17;P w NGC 3384 @ 7.2';NGC 3389 @ 10.0',PA108;Leo Group M 106 4258 GX 8.4 CVn 22.0'x9.0' N12 7 12h18m57.9s +47°18'16" Sb !,vB,vL,vmE0,sbMBN PA 150,H V 43 M 107 6171 GC 8.1 Oph 10.0' E17 15 16h32m31.9s -13°03'13" 10 L,vRi,vmC,R,rrr H VI 40 M 108 3556 GX 10.0 UMa 8.8'x2.2' N10 2 11h11m31.8s +55°40'15" Sc cB,vL,vmE 79,pBM PA 80,H V 46,M 97 is 48' SE,nearly edge-on M 109 3992 GX 9.8 UMa 8.3'x4.6' N10 2 11h57m36.2s +53°22'31" SBb cB,vL,pmE,sbM,BN PA 68,H IV 61,theta struc barred sp,Gamma UMA 40' NW M 110 205 GX 8.1 And 17.0'x10.0' N0 4 00h 0m22.5s +41°41'11" E6 vB,vL,mE 165 degrees,vgvmbM PA 170,M31 Companion,UGC 426,H V 18

Legend: OC-Open Cluster GC-Globular Cluster GX-Galaxy PN- Planetary Nebula SG-Spiral Galaxy (c) Luis Carreira