messier_number designation name wikidata ngc_ic object_type distance_kly_min distance_kly_max constellation apparent_magnitude apparent_size ra dec ra_hours dec_deg 1 M1 Crab Nebula Q10934 NGC 1952 Supernova remnant 4.9 8.1 Taurus 8.4 420″ × 290″ 05h 34m 31.9s +22° 00′ 52.2″ 5.5755 22.0145 2 M2 Q11099 NGC 7089 Globular cluster 33 33 Aquarius 6.5 16′ 21h 33m 27.0s −00° 49′ 23.7″ 21.5575 -0.8232 3 M3 Q78384126 NGC 5272 Globular cluster 33.9 33.9 Canes Venatici 6.2 18′ 13h 42m 11.6s +28° 22′ 38.2″ 13.7032 28.3773 4 M4 Spider Globular Cluster Q11212 NGC 6121 Globular cluster 7.2 7.2 Scorpius 5.6 26′ 16h 23m 35.2s −26° 31′ 32.7″ 16.3931 -26.5257 5 M5 Rose Cluster Q11217 NGC 5904 Globular cluster 24.5 24.5 Serpens 5.6 23′ 15h 18m 33.2s +02° 04′ 51.7″ 15.3092 2.081 6 M6 Butterfly Cluster Q11225 NGC 6405 Open cluster 1.6 1.6 Scorpius 4.2 25′ 17h 40.1m −32° 13′ 17.6683 -32.2167 7 M7 Ptolemy's Cluster Q11234 NGC 6475 Open cluster 0.65 1.31 Scorpius 3.3 80′ 17h 53m 51.2s −34° 47′ 34″ 17.8976 -34.7928 8 M8 Lagoon Nebula Q11243 NGC 6523 Nebula with cluster 4.1 4.1 Sagittarius 4.6 90′ × 40′ 18h 03m 37s −24° 23′ 12″ 18.0603 -24.3867 9 M9 Q11258 NGC 6333 Globular cluster 25.8 25.8 Ophiuchus 7.7 9.3′ 17h 19m 11.8s −18° 30′ 58.5″ 17.3199 -18.5162 10 M10 Q11267 NGC 6254 Globular cluster 14.3 14.3 Ophiuchus 6.6 20′ 16h 57m 8.9s −04° 05′ 58.1″ 16.9525 -4.0995 11 M11 Wild Duck Cluster Q11294 NGC 6705 Open cluster 6.2 6.2 Scutum 5.8 22.8′ 18h 51.1m −06° 16′ 18.8517 -6.2667 12 M12 Q11307 NGC 6218 Globular cluster 15.7 15.7 Ophiuchus 6.7 16′ 16h 47m 14.2s −01° 56′ 54.7″ 16.7873 -1.9485 13 M13 Great Hercules Cluster Q11312 NGC 6205 Globular cluster 22.2 22.2 Hercules 5.8 20′ 16h 41m 41.2s +36° 27′ 35.5″ 16.6948 36.4599 14 M14 Q11320 NGC 6402 Globular cluster 30.3 30.3 Ophiuchus 7.6 11′ 17h 37m 36.2s −03° 14′ 45.3″ 17.6267 -3.2459 15 M15 Great Pegasus Cluster Q11332 NGC 7078 Globular cluster 33 33 Pegasus 6.2 18′ 21h 29m 58.3s +12° 10′ 01.2″ 21.4995 12.167 16 M16 Eagle Nebula Q11349 NGC 6611 H II region nebula with cluster 7 7 Serpens 6.4 70′ × 50′ 18h 18m 48s −13° 49′ 18.3133 -13.8167 17 M17 Omega, Swan, Horseshoe, Lobster, or Checkmark Nebula Q11357 NGC 6618 H II region nebula with cluster 5 6 Sagittarius 6 11′ 18h 20m 26s −16° 10′ 36″ 18.3406 -16.1767 18 M18 Black Swan Cluster Q11370 NGC 6613 Open cluster 4.9 4.9 Sagittarius 7.5 9.8′ 18h 19.9m −17° 08′ 18.3317 -17.1333 19 M19 Q11374 NGC 6273 Globular cluster 28.7 28.7 Ophiuchus 6.8 17′ 17h 02m 37.7s −26° 16′ 04.6″ 17.0438 -26.2679 20 M20 Trifid Nebula Q11377 NGC 6514 H II region nebula with cluster 5.2 5.2 Sagittarius 6.3 28′ 18h 02m 23s −23° 01′ 48″ 18.0397 -23.03 21 M21 Webb's Cross Cluster Q11383 NGC 6531 Open cluster 4.25 4.25 Sagittarius 6.5 14′ 18h 04.6m −22° 30′ 18.0767 -22.5 22 M22 Great Sagittarius Cluster Q11392 NGC 6656 Globular cluster 9.6 11.6 Sagittarius 5.1 32′ 18h 36m 23.9s −23° 54′ 17.1″ 18.6066 -23.9047 23 M23 Q11396 NGC 6494 Open cluster 2.15 2.15 Sagittarius 5.5 35′ 17h 56.8m −19° 01′ 17.9467 -19.0167 24 M24 Small Sagittarius Star Cloud Q13618 IC 4715 Milky Way star cloud 10 10 Sagittarius 2.5 2°x1° 18h 17m −18° 33′ 18.2833 -18.55 25 M25 Q13623 IC 4725 Open cluster 2 2 Sagittarius 4.6 36′ 18h 31.6m −19° 15′ 18.5267 -19.25 26 M26 Q13626 NGC 6694 Open cluster 5 5 Scutum 8 14′ 18h 45.2m −09° 24′ 18.7533 -9.4 27 M27 Dumbbell Nebula Q13628 NGC 6853 Planetary nebula 1.148 1.52 Vulpecula 7.4 8.0′ × 5.6′ 19h 59m 36.3s +22° 43′ 16.1″ 19.9934 22.7211 28 M28 Q13644 NGC 6626 Globular cluster 17.9 17.9 Sagittarius 6.8 11.2′ 18h 24m 32.9s −24° 52′ 11.4″ 18.4091 -24.8698 29 M29 Cooling Tower Cluster Q13647 NGC 6913 Open cluster 7.2 7.2 Cygnus 7.1 7′ 20h 23m 56s +38° 31′ 24″ 20.3989 38.5233 30 M30 Jellyfish Cluster Q13653 NGC 7099 Globular cluster 27.8 31 Capricornus 7.2 12′ 21h 40m 22.1s −23° 10′ 47.5″ 21.6728 -23.1799 31 M31 Andromeda Galaxy Q2469 NGC 224 Spiral galaxy 2430 2650 Andromeda 3.4 3.17° × 1° 00h 42m 44.3s +41° 16′ 09″ 0.7123 41.2692 32 M32 Andromeda Satellite #1 Q13720 NGC 221 Dwarf elliptical galaxy 2410 2570 Andromeda 8.1 8.7′ × 6.5′ 00h 42m 41.8s +40° 51′ 55″ 0.7116 40.8653 33 M33 Triangulum/Pinwheel Galaxy Q13724 NGC 598 Spiral galaxy 2380 3070 Triangulum 5.7 70.8′ × 41.7′ 01h 33m 50.0s +30° 39′ 36.7″ 1.5639 30.6602 34 M34 Spiral Cluster Q13729 NGC 1039 Open cluster 1.5 1.5 Perseus 5.5 35′ 02h 42.1m +42° 46′ 2.7017 42.7667 35 M35 Shoe-Buckle Cluster Q13736 NGC 2168 Open cluster 2.8 2.8 Gemini 5.3 28′ 06h 09.1m +24° 21′ 6.1517 24.35 36 M36 Pinwheel Cluster Q13738 NGC 1960 Open cluster 4.1 4.1 Auriga 6.3 12′ 05h 36m 12s +34° 08′ 04″ 5.6033 34.1344 37 M37 Salt and Pepper Cluster Q13878 NGC 2099 Open cluster 4.511 4.511 Auriga 6.2 24′ 05h 52m 18s +32° 33′ 02″ 5.8717 32.5506 38 M38 Starfish Cluster Q13880 NGC 1912 Open cluster 4.2 4.2 Auriga 7.4 21′ 05h 28m 42s +35° 51′ 18″ 5.4783 35.855 39 M39 Pyramid Cluster Q13883 NGC 7092 Open cluster 0.8244 0.8244 Cygnus 4.6 29′ 21h 31m 42s +48° 26′ 00″ 21.5283 48.4333 40 M40 Winnecke 4 Q13886 Optical Double 0.51 0.51 Ursa Major 8.4 51.7″ 12h 22m 12.5s +58° 04′ 59″ 12.3701 58.0831 41 M41 Little Beehive Cluster Q13897 NGC 2287 Open cluster 2.3 2.3 Canis Major 4.5 38′ 06h 46.0m −20° 46′ 6.7667 -20.7667 42 M42 Great Orion Nebula Q13903 NGC 1976 H II region nebula 1.324 1.364 Orion 4 65′ × 60′ 05h 35m 17.3s −05° 23′ 28″ 5.5881 -5.3911 43 M43 De Mairan's Nebula Q13906 NGC 1982 H II region nebula (part of the Orion Nebula) 1.3 1.3 Orion 9 20′ × 15′ 05h 35.6m −05° 16′ 5.5933 -5.2667 44 M44 Beehive Cluster or Praesepe Q13760 NGC 2632 Open cluster 0.577 0.577 Cancer 3.7 95′ 08h 40.4m +19° 59′ 8.6733 19.9833 45 M45 Pleiades, Seven Sisters or Subaru Q13423 Open cluster 0.39 0.46 Taurus 1.6 2° 03h 47m 24s +24° 07′ 00″ 3.79 24.1167 46 M46 Q13910 NGC 2437 Open cluster 5.4 5.4 Puppis 6 22.8′ 07h 41.8m −14° 49′ 7.6967 -14.8167 47 M47 Q13942 NGC 2422 Open cluster 1.6 1.6 Puppis 4.4 30′ 07h 36.6m −14° 30′ 7.61 -14.5 48 M48 Q13951 NGC 2548 Open cluster 1.5 1.5 Hydra 5.5 30′ 08h 13.7m −05° 45′ 8.2283 -5.75 49 M49 Q13952 NGC 4472 Elliptical galaxy 53600 58200 Virgo 8.4 10.2′ × 8.3′ 12h 29m 46.7s +08° 00′ 02″ 12.4963 8.0006 50 M50 Heart-Shaped Cluster Q13956 NGC 2323 Open cluster 3.2 3.2 Monoceros 5.9 16′ 07h 03.2m −08° 20′ 7.0533 -8.3333 51 M51 Whirlpool Galaxy Q13957 NGC 5194, NGC 5195 Spiral galaxy 19000 27000 Canes Venatici 8.4 11.2′ × 6.9′ 13h 29m 52.7s +47° 11′ 43″ 13.498 47.1953 52 M52 Scorpion Cluster Q13958 NGC 7654 Open cluster 5 5 Cassiopeia 7.3 13′ 23h 24.2m +61° 35′ 23.4033 61.5833 53 M53 Q13960 NGC 5024 Globular cluster 58 58 Coma Berenices 7.6 13′ 13h 12m 55.3s +18° 10′ 05.4″ 13.2154 18.1682 54 M54 Q13962 NGC 6715 Globular cluster 87.4 87.4 Sagittarius 7.6 12′ 18h 55m 03.3s −30° 28′ 47.5″ 18.9176 -30.4799 55 M55 Specter Cluster Q13965 NGC 6809 Globular cluster 17.6 17.6 Sagittarius 6.3 19′ 19h 39m 59.7s −30° 57′ 53.1″ 19.6666 -30.9647 56 M56 Q13967 NGC 6779 Globular cluster 32.9 32.9 Lyra 8.3 8.8′ 19h 16m 35.6s +30° 11′ 00.5″ 19.2766 30.1835 57 M57 Ring Nebula Q13969 NGC 6720 Planetary nebula 1.6 3.8 Lyra 8.8 230″ × 230″ 18h 53m 35.1s +33° 01′ 45.0″ 18.8931 33.0292 58 M58 Q13970 NGC 4579 Barred Spiral galaxy 63000 63000 Virgo 9.7 5.9′ × 4.7′ 12h 37m 43.5s +11° 49′ 05″ 12.6288 11.8181 59 M59 Q13971 NGC 4621 Elliptical galaxy 55000 65000 Virgo 9.6 5.4′ × 3.7′ 12h 42m 02.3s +11° 38′ 49″ 12.7006 11.6469 60 M60 Q13976 NGC 4649 Elliptical galaxy 51000 59000 Virgo 8.8 7.4′ × 6.0′ 12h 43m 39.6s +11° 33′ 09″ 12.7277 11.5525 61 M61 Swelling Spiral Galaxy Q13978 NGC 4303 Spiral galaxy 50200 54800 Virgo 9.7 6.5′ × 5.8′ 12h 21m 54.9s +04° 28′ 25″ 12.3653 4.4736 62 M62 Flickering Globular Q13980 NGC 6266 Globular cluster 22.2 22.2 Ophiuchus 6.5 15′ 17h 01m 12.6s −30° 06′ 44.5″ 17.0202 -30.1124 63 M63 Sunflower Galaxy Q13981 NGC 5055 Spiral galaxy 37000 37000 Canes Venatici 8.6 12.6′ × 7.2′ 13h 15m 49.3s +42° 01′ 45″ 13.2637 42.0292 64 M64 Black Eye Galaxy Q13983 NGC 4826 Spiral galaxy 22000 26000 Coma Berenices 8.5 10.7′ × 5.1′ 12h 56m 43.7s +21° 40′ 58″ 12.9455 21.6828 65 M65 Leo Triplet Q13986 NGC 3623 Barred Spiral galaxy 41000 42000 Leo 9.3 8.7′ × 2.5′ 11h 18m 55.9s +13° 05′ 32″ 11.3155 13.0922 66 M66 Leo Triplet Q13992 NGC 3627 Barred Spiral galaxy 31000 41000 Leo 8.9 9.1′ × 4.2′ 11h 20m 15.0s +12° 59′ 30″ 11.3375 12.9917 67 M67 King Cobra or Golden Eye Cluster Q13997 NGC 2682 Open cluster 2.61 2.93 Cancer 6.1 30′ 08h 51.3m +11° 49′ 8.855 11.8167 68 M68 Q14000 NGC 4590 Globular cluster 33.6 33.6 Hydra 7.8 11′ 12h 39m 28.0s −26° 44′ 38.6″ 12.6578 -26.7441 69 M69 Q14002 NGC 6637 Globular cluster 29.7 29.7 Sagittarius 7.6 10.8′ 18h 31m 23.1s −32° 20′ 53.1″ 18.5231 -32.3481 70 M70 Q14004 NGC 6681 Globular cluster 29.4 29.4 Sagittarius 7.9 8′ 18h 43m 12.8s −32° 17′ 31.6″ 18.7202 -32.2921 71 M71 Angelfish Cluster Q14006 NGC 6838 Globular cluster 13 13 Sagitta 8.2 7.2′ 19h 53m 46.5s +18° 46′ 45.1″ 19.8962 18.7792 72 M72 Q14008 NGC 6981 Globular cluster 53.4 55.74 Aquarius 9.3 6.6′ 20h 53m 27.7s −12° 32′ 14.3″ 20.891 -12.5373 73 M73 Q14009 NGC 6994 Asterism 2.5 2.5 Aquarius 9 2.8′ 20h 58m 54s −12° 38′ 20.9817 -12.6333 74 M74 Phantom Galaxy Q14013 NGC 628 Spiral galaxy 24000 36000 Pisces 9.4 10.5′ × 9.5′ 01h 36m 41.8s +15° 47′ 01″ 1.6116 15.7836 75 M75 Q14014 NGC 6864 Globular cluster 67.5 67.5 Sagittarius 8.5 6.8′ 20h 06m 04.8s −21° 55′ 16.2″ 20.1013 -21.9212 76 M76 Little Dumbbell Nebula Q14015 NGC 650, NGC 651 Planetary nebula 2.5 2.5 Perseus 10.1 2.7′ × 1.8′ 01h 42.4m +51° 34′ 31″ 1.7067 51.5753 77 M77 Cetus A or Squid Galaxy Q14017 NGC 1068 Spiral galaxy 47000 47000 Cetus 8.9 7.1′ × 6.0′ 02h 42m 40.7s −00° 00′ 48″ 2.7113 -0.0133 78 M78 Q14018 NGC 2068 Diffuse nebula 1.6 1.6 Orion 8.3 8′ × 6′ 05h 46m 46.7s +00° 00′ 50″ 5.7796 0.0139 79 M79 Q14019 NGC 1904 Globular cluster 41 41 Lepus 7.7 8.7′ 05h 24m 10.6s −24° 31′ 27.3″ 5.4029 -24.5242 80 M80 Q14021 NGC 6093 Globular cluster 32.6 32.6 Scorpius 7.3 10′ 16h 17m 02.4s −22° 58′ 33.9″ 16.284 -22.9761 81 M81 Bode's Galaxy Q81102410 NGC 3031 Spiral galaxy 11400 12200 Ursa Major 6.9 26.9′ × 14.1′ 09h 55m 33.2s +69° 03′ 55″ 9.9259 69.0653 82 M82 Cigar Galaxy Q14026 NGC 3034 Starburst galaxy 10700 12300 Ursa Major 8.4 11.2′ × 4.3′ 09h 55m 52.2s +69° 40′ 47″ 9.9312 69.6797 83 M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Q14030 NGC 5236 Barred Spiral galaxy 14700 14700 Hydra 7.6 12.9′ × 11.5′ 13h 37m 00.9s −29° 51′ 57″ 13.6169 -29.8658 84 M84 Q92258118 NGC 4374 Lenticular galaxy 57000 63000 Virgo 9.1 6.5′ × 5.6′ 12h 25m 03.7s +12° 53′ 13″ 12.4177 12.8869 85 M85 Q14035 NGC 4382 Lenticular galaxy 56000 64000 Coma Berenices 9.1 7.1′ × 5.5′ 12h 25m 24.0s +18° 11′ 28″ 12.4233 18.1911 86 M86 Q92258250 NGC 4406 Lenticular galaxy 49000 55000 Virgo 8.9 8.9′ × 5.8′ 12h 26m 11.7s +12° 56′ 46″ 12.4366 12.9461 87 M87 Virgo A Q14041 NGC 4486 Elliptical galaxy 51870 55130 Virgo 8.6 7.2′ × 6.8′ 12h 30m 49.4s +12° 23′ 28.0″ 12.5137 12.3911 88 M88 Q14048 NGC 4501 Spiral galaxy 39000 56000 Coma Berenices 9.6 6.9′ × 3.7′ 12h 31m 59.2s +14° 25′ 14″ 12.5331 14.4206 89 M89 Q14337 NGC 4552 Elliptical galaxy 47000 53000 Virgo 9.8 5.1′ × 4.7′ 12h 35m 39.8s +12° 33′ 23″ 12.5944 12.5564 90 M90 Carabin Galaxy Q14343 NGC 4569 Spiral galaxy 55900 61500 Virgo 9.5 9.5′ × 4.4′ 12h 36m 49.8s +13° 09′ 46″ 12.6138 13.1628 91 M91 Q14344 NGC 4548 Barred Spiral galaxy 47000 79000 Coma Berenices 10.2 5.4′ × 4.3′ 12h 35m 26.4s +14° 29′ 47″ 12.5907 14.4964 92 M92 Q78262275 NGC 6341 Globular cluster 26.7 26.7 Hercules 6.4 14′ 17h 17m 07.4s +43° 08′ 09.4″ 17.2854 43.1359 93 M93 Critter Cluster Q14347 NGC 2447 Open cluster 3.6 3.6 Puppis 6 10′ 07h 44.6m −23° 52′ 7.7433 -23.8667 94 M94 Crocodile Eye or Cat's Eye Galaxy Q14349 NGC 4736 Spiral galaxy 14700 17300 Canes Venatici 8.2 11.2′ × 9.1′ 12h 50m 53.1s +41° 07′ 14″ 12.8481 41.1206 95 M95 Q14351 NGC 3351 Barred Spiral galaxy 31200 34000 Leo 9.7 3.1′ × 2.9′ 10h 43m 57.7s +11° 42′ 14″ 10.7327 11.7039 96 M96 Q14354 NGC 3368 Spiral galaxy 28000 34000 Leo 9.2 7.6′ × 5.2′ 10h 46m 45.7s +11° 49′ 12″ 10.7794 11.82 97 M97 Owl Nebula Q14359 NGC 3587 Planetary nebula 2.03 2.03 Ursa Major 9.9 3.4′ × 3.3′ 11h 14m 47.7s +55° 01′ 08.5″ 11.2466 55.019 98 M98 Q14361 NGC 4192 Spiral galaxy 44400 44400 Coma Berenices 10.1 9.8′ × 2.8′ 12h 13m 48.3s +14° 54′ 01.7″ 12.2301 14.9005 99 M99 St. Catherine's Wheel Q14364 NGC 4254 Spiral galaxy 44700 55700 Coma Berenices 9.9 5.4′ × 4.7′ 12h 18m 49.6s +14° 24′ 59″ 12.3138 14.4164 100 M100 Mirror Galaxy Q14365 NGC 4321 Spiral galaxy 55000 55000 Coma Berenices 9.3 7.4′ × 6.3′ 12h 22m 54.9s +15° 49′ 21″ 12.3819 15.8225 101 M101 Pinwheel Galaxy Q14371 NGC 5457 Spiral galaxy 19100 22400 Ursa Major 7.9 28.8′ × 26.9′ 14h 03m 12.6s +54° 20′ 57″ 14.0535 54.3492 102 M102 Spindle Galaxy Q14374 NGC 5866 Lenticular galaxy 50000 50000 Draco 9.9 4.7′ × 1.9′ 15h 06m 29.5s +55° 45′ 48″ 15.1082 55.7633 103 M103 Q14376 NGC 581 Open cluster 10 10 Cassiopeia 7.4 6′ 01h 33.2m +60° 42′ 1.5533 60.7 104 M104 Sombrero Galaxy Q91461627 NGC 4594 Spiral galaxy 28700 30900 Virgo 8 9′ × 4′ 12h 39m 59.4s −11° 37′ 23″ 12.6665 -11.6231 105 M105 Q14377 NGC 3379 Elliptical galaxy 30400 33600 Leo 9.3 5.4′ × 4.8′ 10h 47m 49.6s +12° 34′ 54″ 10.7971 12.5817 106 M106 Q4658 NGC 4258 Spiral galaxy 22200 25200 Canes Venatici 8.4 18.6′ × 7.2′ 12h 18m 57.5s +47° 18′ 14″ 12.316 47.3039 107 M107 Crucifix Cluster Q4755 NGC 6171 Globular cluster 20.9 20.9 Ophiuchus 7.9 10′ 16h 32m 31.9s −13° 03′ 13.6″ 16.5422 -13.0538 108 M108 Surfboard Galaxy Q4751 NGC 3556 Barred Spiral galaxy 46000 46000 Ursa Major 10 8.7′ × 2.2′ 11h 11m 31.0s +55° 40′ 27″ 11.1919 55.6742 109 M109 Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy Q4746 NGC 3992 Barred Spiral galaxy 59500 107500 Ursa Major 9.8 7.6′ × 4.7′ 11h 57m 36.0s +53° 22′ 28″ 11.96 53.3744 110 M110 Andromeda Satellite #2 Q4662 NGC 205 Dwarf elliptical galaxy 2600 2780 Andromeda 8.5 21.9′ × 11.0′ 00h 40m 22.1s +41° 41′ 07″ 0.6728 41.6853