Messier catalogue

In the 18th century, Charles Messier (1730-1817), was the first astronomer to make a list of faint objects. The reason he made his list, was because as comet hunter, he didn't want to be confused by faint non-comet objects.  Many of the brightest deep-sky objects visible in the Northern skies are included in his list of about 110 objects.
All these objects were discovered using the equivalent of a modern 60 mm. refractror. Despite the fact that some objects on the list are faint, Messier didn't discover some very hard to miss planetary nebula, like the Eskimo or the Cateye.

Because many amateur astronomers have far superior equipment to what Messier used (but definitely worse sky conditions), it is a personal challenge to see (and of course capture) all the objects in the Messier catalog.

In the table below, you will find all my Messier objects captured so far, since I started on 11 November 2001.

25 December 2003: 52 out of 110

M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	M6	M7	M8	M9	M10
M11	M12	M13	M14	M15	M16	M17	M18	M19	M20
M21	M22	M23	M24	M25	M26	M27	M28	M29	M30
M31	M32	M33	M34	M35	M36	M37	M38	M39	M40
M41	M42	M43	M44	M45	M46	M47	M48	M49	M50
M51	M52	M53	M54	M55	M56	M57	M58	M59	M60
M61	M62	M63	M64	M65	M66	M67	M68	M69	M70
M71	M72	M73	M74	M75	M76	M77	M78	M79	M80
M81	M82	M83	M84	M85	M86	M87	M88	M89	M90
M91	M92	M93	M94	M95	M96	M97	M98	M99	M100
M101	M102	M103	M104	M105	M106	M107	M108	M109	M110