The Messier Objects Celestial Body Star Chart

The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1771. The original motivation of the catalogue was that Messier was a comet hunter, and was frustrated by objects which resembled but were not comets. He therefore compiled a list of these objects, in collaboration with his assistant Pierre Méchain. Image reproduction rights can be found in the link near the bottom of this description. Sign up to Mr. Rebates for FREE and save 12% on any zazzle order in addition to a $5.00 sign up bonus All Rights Reserved; without: prejudice, recourse or notice (U.C.C. 1-308) Image Reproduction Rights: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MessierStarChart.svg messier "messier objects" stars space astronomy "Charles Messier" "astronomical objects" "celestial bodies" "star chart" "the messier objects" "messier objects chart" "messier objects diagram" cosmology "astronomy chart" "astronomy diagram" "cosmology chart" "cosmology diagram" "outer space"