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NCC Robotic Observatory Gallery of Messier Objects
(A work in progress)

These images were obtained at the Sierra College Nevada County Campus Robotic Observatory (NCCRO) by the Department staff and astronomy students (Astronomy 11 online and Astronomy 14). The NCCRO is equipped with a Celestron 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and an Apogee Instruments CCD camera.
The students access the observatory via the internet and collect the images remotely. These images are then downloaded and processed for use in Laboratory exercises during the course.

This list of Deep Sky Objects was compiled by Charles Messier (1730 – 1817). It was first published in 1774 with the final version published in 1781. It is presented here with pictures taken at the NCCRO. This gallery was created to help students assigned to use the NCCRO select objects for their class work. It also sets a realistic expectation of the pictures they will get as opposed to the Hubble telescope images we are all used to seeing.

Supernova Remnant - Crab Nebula
M 1
Supernova Remnant		 Globular Cluster
M 2
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 3
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 4
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 5
Globular Cluster		 Open Cluster - Butterfly Cluster
M 6
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster - Omega Nebula / Ptolemy's Cluster
M 7
Open Cluster		 Diffuse Nebula - Lagoon Nebula
M 8
Diffuse Nebula		 Globular Cluster
M 9
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 10
Globular Cluster
Open Cluster - Wild Duck Cluster
M 11
Open Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 12
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster - Great Hercules Globular Cluster
M 13
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 14
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster - Great Pegasus Globular Cluster
M 15
Globular Cluster		 Diffuse Nebula - Eagle Nebula
M 16
Diffuse Nebula		 Diffuse Nebula - Omega Nebula
M 17
Diffuse Nebula		 Open Cluster
M 18
Open Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 19
Globular Cluster		 Diffuse Nebula - The Trifid Nebula
M 20
Diffuse Nebula
Open Cluster
M 21
Open Cluster		 Globular Cluster - Sagittarius Cluster
M 22
Globular Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 23
Open Cluster		 Milky Way Patch - Sagittarius Star Cloud
M 24
Milky Way Patch		 Open Cluster
M 25
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 26
Open Cluster		 Planetary Nebula - The Dumbbell Nebula
M 27
Planetary Nebula		 Globular Cluster
M 28
Globular Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 29
Open Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 30
Globular Cluster
Spiral Galaxy - Andromeda Galaxy
M 31
Spiral Galaxy		 Elliptical Galaxy - Satellite galaxy of M31
M 32
Elliptical Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy - The Triangulum/Pinwheel Galaxy
M 33
Spiral Galaxy		 Open Cluster
M 34
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 35
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 36
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 37
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 38
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 39
Open Cluster		 Double Star - Winnecke 4
M 40
Double Star
Open Cluster
M 41
Open Cluster		 Diffuse Nebula - Great Nebula in Orion
M 42
Diffuse Nebula		 Diffuse Nebula - De Mairan's Nebula
M 43
Diffuse Nebula		 Open Cluster - Beehive Cluster
M 44
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster - Pleiades/Subaru
M 45
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 46
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 47
Open Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 48
Open Cluster		 Elliptical Galaxy
M 49
Elliptical Galaxy		 Open Cluster
M 50
Open Cluster
Spiral Galaxy - The Whirlpool Galaxy
M 51
Spiral Galaxy		 Open Cluster
M 52
Open Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 53
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 54
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 55
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 56
Globular Cluster		 Planetary Nebula - The Ring Nebula
M 57
Planetary Nebula		 Barred Spiral Galaxy
M 58
Barred Spiral Galaxy		 Elliptical Galaxy
M 59
Elliptical Galaxy		 Elliptical Galaxy
M 60
Elliptical Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy
M 61
Spiral Galaxy		 Globular Cluster
M 62
Globular Cluster		 Spiral Galaxy - Sunflower galaxy
M 63
Spiral Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy - Blackeye galaxy
M 64
Spiral Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 65
Spiral Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 66
Spiral Galaxy		 Open Cluster
M 67
Open Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 68
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 69
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 70
Globular Cluster
Globular Cluster
M 71
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 72
Globular Cluster		 Asterism
M 73
Asterism		 Spiral Galaxy
M 74
Spiral Galaxy		 Globular Cluster
M 75
Globular Cluster		 Planetary Nebula - The Little Dumbell, Cork, or Butterfly Nebula
M 76
Planetary Nebula		 Spiral Galaxy
M 77
Spiral Galaxy		 Diffuse Nebula
M 78
Diffuse Nebula		 Globular Cluster
M 79
Globular Cluster		 Globular Cluster
M 80
Globular Cluster
Spiral Galaxy - Bode's Galaxy
M 81
Spiral Galaxy		 Irregular Galaxy - The Cigar Galaxy
M 82
Irregular Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy - The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
M 83
Spiral Galaxy		 Lenticular Galaxy
M 84
Lenticular Galaxy		 Lenticular Galaxy
M 85
Lenticular Galaxy		 Lenticular Galaxy
M 86
Lenticular Galaxy		 Elliptical Galaxy - Virgo A
M 87
Elliptical Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 88
Spiral Galaxy		 Elliptical Galaxy
M 89
Elliptical Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 90
Spiral Galaxy
Barred Spiral Galaxy
M 91
Barred Spiral Galaxy		 Globular Cluster
M 92
Globular Cluster		 Open Cluster
M 93
Open Cluster		 Spiral Galaxy
M 94
Spiral Galaxy		 Barred Spiral Galaxy
M 95
Barred Spiral Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 96
Spiral Galaxy		 Planetary Nebula - The Owl Nebula
M 97
Planetary Nebula		 Spiral Galaxy
M 98
Spiral Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 99
Spiral Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 100
Spiral Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy - The Pinwheel Galaxy
M 101
Spiral Galaxy		 Lenticular Galaxy
M 102
Lenticular Galaxy		 Open Cluster
M 103
Open Cluster		 Spiral Galaxy -The Sombrero Galaxy
M 104
Spiral Galaxy		 Elliptical Galaxy
M 105
Elliptical Galaxy		 Spiral Galaxy
M 106
Spiral Galaxy		 Globular Cluster
M 107
Globular Cluster		 Spiral Galaxy
M 108
Spiral Galaxy		 Barred Spiral Galaxy
M 109
Barred Spiral Galaxy		 Elliptical Galaxy - Satellite galaxy of M31
M 110
Elliptical Galaxy


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