This list was contributed by Nicholas Arkimovich [I only added M102 candidate NGC 5866, not marked M102 in SA/SC - hf] Messier objects in the Sky Atlas 2000.0 (and the Sky Catalogue 2000.0) Messier Catalogue M NGC Name (type/description) Const Mag Chart 1 1952 Crab Nebula: SNR Tau 9.0 5 2 7089 globular cluster Aqr 6.5 17 3 5272 globular cluster CVn 6.4 7 4 6121 globular cluster Sco 5.9 22 5 5904 globular cluster Ser 5.8 14 6 6405 Butterfly Cluster (open) Sco 4.2 22 7 6475 open cluster Sco 3.3 22 8 6523 Lagoon Nebula Sgr 5.0 22 9 6333 globular cluster Oph 7.9 22 10 6254 globular cluster Oph 6.6 15 11 6705 Wild Duck Cluster (open) Sct 5.8 15 12 6218 globular cluster Oph 6.6 15 13 6205 Hercules Globular Cluster Her 5.9 8 14 6402 globular cluster Oph 7.6 15 15 7078 globular cluster Peg 6.3 17 16 6611 Eagle Nebula & cluster Ser 6.0 15 17 6618 Swan (or Omega) Nebula Sgr 5.0 15 18 6613 open cluster Sgr 6.9 15 19 6273 globular cluster Oph 7.1 22 20 6514 Trifid Nebula Sgr 7.6 22 21 6531 open cluster Sgr 5.9 22 22 6656 globular cluster Sgr 5.1 22 23 6494 open cluster Sgr 5.5 22 24 6603 Sagittarius Star Cloud Sgr 4.5 22 25 open cluster (IC 4725) Sgr 4.6 22 26 6694 open cluster Sct 8.0 15 27 6853 Dumbbell Nebula Vul 7.6 8 28 6626 globular cluster Sgr 6.9 22 29 6913 open cluster Cyg 6.6 9 30 7099 globular cluster Cap 7.5 23 31 0224 Andromeda Galaxy And 3.5 4 32 0221 galaxy (companion to M31) And 8.2 4 33 0598 Triangulum Galaxy Tri 5.7 4 34 1039 open cluster Per 5.2 4 35 2168 open cluster Gem 5.1 5 36 1960 open cluster Aur 6.0 5 37 2099 open cluster Aur 5.6 5 38 1912 open cluster Aur 6.4 5 39 7092 open cluster Cyg 4.6 9 40 double star: Winnecke 4 UMa 9/9.3 2* 41 2287 open cluster CMa 4.5 19 42 1976 Great Orion Nebula Ori 5.0 11 43 1982 nebula (extension of M42) Ori 7.0 11 44 2632 Beehive Cluster (Praesepe) Cnc 3.1 6 45 The Pleiades Tau 1.2 4 46 2437 open cluster Pup 6.1 12 47 2422 open cluster Pup 4.4 12 48 2548 open cluster Hya 5.8 12 49 4472 galaxy (E4) Vir 8.4 14 50 2323 open cluster Mon 5.9 12 51 5194 Whirlpool Galaxy (Sc & Irr) CVn 8.4 7 52 7654 open cluster Cas 6.9 3 53 5024 globular cluster Com 7.7 7 54 6715 globular cluster Sgr 7.7 22 55 6809 globular cluster Sgr 6.9 22 56 6779 globular cluster Lyr 8.2 8 57 6720 Ring Nebula Lyr 9.7 8 58 4579 galaxy (Sb) Vir 9.8 14 59 4621 galaxy (E3) Vir 9.8 14 60 4649 galaxy (E1) Vir 8.8 14 61 4303 galaxy (Sc) Vir 9.7 14 62 6266 globular cluster Oph 6.6 22 63 5055 galaxy (Sb) CVn 8.6 7 64 4826 Black-Eye Galaxy (Sab) Com 8.5 7 65 3623 galaxy (Sb) Leo 9.3 13 66 3627 galaxy (Sb) Leo 9.0 13 67 2682 open cluster Cnc 6.9 12 68 4590 globular cluster Hya 8.2 21 69 6637 globular cluster Sgr 7.7 22 70 6681 globular cluster Sgr 8.1 22 71 6838 globular cluster Sge 8.3 8 72 6981 globular cluster Aqr 9.3 16 73 6994 asterism (open cluster) Aqr 8.9 16 74 0628 galaxy (Sc) Psc 9.2 10 75 6864 globular cluster Sgr 8.6 23 76 0650.1 Little Dumbbell (Plan. Neb.) Per 12.1 4 77 1068 galaxy (SBp) Cet 8.8 10 78 2068 diffuse nebula Ori 8.0 11 79 1904 globular cluster Lep 8.0 19 80 6093 globular cluster Sco 7.2 22 81 3031 galaxy (SB) UMa 6.9 2 82 3034 galaxy (Pec) UMa 8.4 2 83 5236 galaxy (Sc) Hya 8.2 21 84 4374 galaxy (E1) Vir 9.3 14 85 4382 galaxy (Ep) Com 9.2 14 86 4406 galaxy (E3) Vir 9.2 14 87 4486 galaxy (E1) Vir 8.6 14 88 4501 galaxy (Sb) Com 9.5 14 89 4552 galaxy (E0) Vir 9.8 14 90 4569 galaxy (Sb) Vir 9.5 14 91 4548 galaxy (SBb) Com 10.2 14 92 6341 globular cluster Her 6.5 8 93 2447 open cluster Pup 6.2 19 94 4736 galaxy (Sb) CVn 8.2 7 95 3351 galaxy (SBb) Leo 9.7 13 96 3368 galaxy (Sb) Leo 9.2 13 97 3587 Owl Nebula UMa 12.0 2 98 4192 galaxy (Sb) Com 10.1 14 99 4254 galaxy (Sc) Com 9.8 14 100 4321 galaxy (Sc) Com 9.4 14 101 5457 Pinwheel Galaxy (Sc) UMa 7.7 7 102 see above: repeat of M101 - Messier's error [102?] 5866 Spindle Galaxy (E6p) Dra 10.0 2 103 0581 open cluster Cas 7.4 1 104 4594 Sombrero Galaxy (Sb) Vir 8.3 14 105 3379 galaxy (E1) Leo 9.3 13 106 4258 galaxy (Sb) CVn 8.3 7 107 6171 globular cluster Oph 8.1 15 108 3556 galaxy (Sc) UMa 10.1 2 109 3992 galaxy (SBb+) UMa 9.8 2 110 0205 galaxy (companion to M31) And 8.0 4 * Location not marked on chart ------------------ Hartmut Frommert http://www.seds.org/~spider/