Messier Objects, Part 3
27 entries in the Messier Objects, Part 3 compendium.
Messier 83A bright barred spiral galaxy near Centaurus A.Messier 84Giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster core.Messier 86Elliptical or lenticular galaxy with highest Messier blue shift.Messier 87A supergiant elliptical galaxy with a relativistic jet.Messier 88An unbarred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster.Messier 89Elliptical galaxy in Virgo, possibly spherical, with past outbursts.Messier 90A bright Virgo Cluster spiral with truncated star formation and blueshift.Messier 91Faintest Messier object, lost for nearly two centuries.Messier 92An ancient globular cluster often overshadowed by its brighter neighbor M13.Messier 93An open cluster in Puppis with a starfish-like appearance.Messier 94A spiral galaxy with two rings and a controversial dark matter result.Messier 95Barred spiral galaxy with a star-forming inner ring.Messier 96Asymmetric double-barred spiral galaxy in the Leo constellation.Owl NebulaA planetary nebula with an owl-like appearance in Ursa Major.Messier 98A blueshifted spiral galaxy approaching the Milky Way.Messier 99A grand design spiral galaxy with a distorted arm and a hydrogen bridge.Messier 100A grand design spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster.Pinwheel GalaxyA face-on spiral galaxy with a trillion stars and six supernovae.Messier 102An ambiguously identified galaxy in the Messier Catalogue.Messier 103A small open cluster of faint stars in Cassiopeia.Sombrero GalaxyA peculiar galaxy with a prominent dust lane resembling a sombrero.Messier 105Elliptical galaxy in Leo, discovered by Méchain in 1781.Messier 106A nearby spiral galaxy with a supermassive black hole and water megamaser.Messier 107A very loose globular cluster near the equator in Ophiuchus.Messier 108A nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy with H1 supershells.Messier 109Barred spiral galaxy, most distant Messier object, in Ursa Major.Messier 110Dwarf elliptical satellite of Andromeda, last Messier object.
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