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The designation M stands for Messier objects. I understand the history behind how these were identified and cataloged. But what are NGC objects? Where did NGC come from and how is it applied?

This comes very close to the purpose of the Messier catalog. The Messier catalog is a summary of various astronomical objects. It was first published in 1774 by the French astronomer Charles ...

Read Showing a large portion of M66, this Hubble photo is a composite of images obtained at visible and infrared wavelengths. The images ...

Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, M8 was discovered in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who, like Charles Messier, sought to catalog nebulous objects in the night sky so ...