http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/2010/11/08/what-is-a-messier-object/ Weather, Gardening, Full Moons, Best Days and more. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/2010/11/08/what-is-a-messier-object/#comment-60001 Rhodes FitzWilliam Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:28:23 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=11579#comment-60001 What an interesting little article. I had heard Messier’s name before, I didn’t realize that he considered most of the object he observed and catalogued as “a nuissance”. It just goes to show that what we may consider “mistakes” are still useful!

]]> http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/2010/11/08/what-is-a-messier-object/#comment-4194 nonniewiley Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:49:41 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=11579#comment-4194 I really enjoyed learning about the “Messier” objects. I thought I had read nearly everything about what was to be found in space, but apparently not! Thanks for a great article.

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