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M1

The Crab Nebula

M1 M8

M8

The Lagoon Nebula

M13

The Great Hercules Cluster

M13 M15

M15

M15 is a globular cluster in the constellation Pegasus.

M16

The Eagle Nebula

M16 M27

M27

The Dumbbell Nebula.

M33

M33 M42

M42

The Orion Nebula is one of the most beautiful diffuse nebulae in the sky.

M51

The canonical spiral galaxy.

M51 M57

M57

The Ring Nebula

M81

Bode's galaxy

M81 M81 and M82

M81 and M82

M81 and M82 are more than 12 million light-years away, and are separated from each other by about 100,000 light-years.

M82

Active galaxy M82.

M82 NGC 4565

NGC 4565

Intermediate

IC 342

IC 342 M63

M63

The Sunflower Galaxy.

M64

The Black Eye Galaxy.

M64 M65 and M66

M65 and M66

M74

M74 M77

M77

A Seyfert galaxy in Cetus.

M78

M78 M88

M88

M94

The Croc's Eye Galaxy.

M94 M97

M97

M101

M101 M104

M104

The Sombrero Galaxy

M106

A Seyfert galaxy in Canes Venatici

M106 NGC 891

NGC 891

An edge-on spiral galaxy

NGC 2392

The Eskimo Nebula

NGC 2392 NGC 6946

NGC 6946

NGC 7023

The Iris Nebula

NGC 7023

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