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Manchester Astronomical Society
Established 1903
 
 

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Charles Messier

The Messier objects were listed by Charles Messier in 1771. These fuzzy objects were hindering Messier in his search for comets so he listed them to avoid confusion. There is a full list of the Messier objects on Wikipedia.



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