Once you’ve had your fill of the planets, it’s time to move on to some Deep Sky Objects.. or DSOs. The first place most amateur stargazers start is with the Messier Catalog. Named for Charles Messier, a French astronomer who was more interested in finding comets than in identifying the 110 galaxies, nebulas and star [...]
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Desperately seeking M66
Posted by David Parmet on March 31, 2008
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