NASA’s photo of Messier 110 reveals bright pockets of young stars in a galaxy otherwise believed to be inactive. The Hubble Telescope photo was snapped from an incredible distance of 2.6 million ...

Messier 110 may not look like much, but it is a fascinating near neighbor of our home galaxy, and an unusual example of its type. It is a member of the Local Group, ...

If you can see and count all 110 Messier objects, the marathon is done. On the night of 23-24 March 1985, Gerry Rattley from Dugas, Arizona, ...

The Hubble team shared the image of M14 on March 19 as part of what’s called a Messier Marathon, an attempt by amateur astronomers to observe all 110 objects in a short time frame; the skygazing ...

Called the Messier marathon, it’s a skywatching challenge that prompts astronomers to spot all 110 galaxies, nebulas and star clusters in the Messier catalog, a list of objects started by 18th ...

It was first published in 1774 by the French astronomer Charles Messier with 45 objects. It now includes 110 celestial objects: 40 galaxies, 29 globular clusters, 28 open star clusters, six ...

With some additions by other astronomers, gleaned from Messier’s notebook margins, the list now has 109 objects (or 110, depending on who’s counting).

Local astronomer Max Byerly, who took this photograph with his telescope, participated in a Messier Marathon in Utah on March 8, where he attempted to photograph all 110 Messier objects. (Photo ...