It was first published in 1774 by the French astronomer Charles Messier with 45 objects. It now includes 110 celestial objects: 40 galaxies, 29 globular clusters, 28 open star clusters ...

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Messier's frustration with finding "fuzzy" bodies that weren't comets resulted in his famous list of 103 objects, published in 1781, later revised by other astronomers to 110 objects. His list ...