Messier Catalogue?

[frostbrewed]

Anybody have a link to a downloadable messier catalogue? <br /><br />(Edit: With correct R.A and DEC.) <br /><br />Frost

 

[frostbrewed]

Found a good one! (PDF) <br />Here's the link if your interested http://www.rasc.ca/observing/page3.html<br /><br />Frost

 

[jcdenton]

There's also this. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[frostbrewed]

<font color="yellow">There's also this.</font><br /><br />Thanks, there's lots of data on that site.<br /><br />Frost

 

[jcdenton]

Yes, SEDS also has a list of notable non-Messier objects that is worth perusing. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[drwayne]

I am struck by the fact that, when I got my first big telescope - I got (and still have) - Norton's Star Atlas in part because it had a cardboard sheet that had the list of Messier objects.<br /><br />A lot can change in almost 30 years. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[drwayne]

Remember the trivia by the way that Messier was into comets. He put together the Messier catalog with the intent of telling people the stuff in the sky that were not comets - so they would not confuse them.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[frostbrewed]

<font color="yellow">Yep. SEDS.org is an excellent on line for the Messier catalogue.</font><br /><br />It truly is... Here's the link again for those interested<br /><br />http://www.seds.org/messier/data3.html<br /><br />Looking through this source, there are a lot of things that are generally overlooked when looking for deep sky objects. Lots of them can be seen with modest equipment in dark, clear skies.<br /><br />Frost