The Messier objects
Contents within planetarium
- 40 galaxies
- 30 open clusters
- 29 globular clusters
- 4 planetary nebulae
- 1 supernova remnant
- 1 nebula
- 1 asterism
- 1 double star
- 1 hII region
- 1 nebula
- 1 reflection nebula
Overlap with other object catalogs
- 103 New General Catalogue (NGC)
- 54 Melotte catalog
- 38 Principal Galaxies Catalogue
- 36 Uppsala General Catalog of galaxies (UGC)
- 31 Collinder catalog
- 8 Arp's catalog of peculiar galaxies
- 6 Lynds' catalogue of bright nebulae
- 4 Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae
- 4 PK planetary nebulae
- 3 Uppsala General Catalog of galaxies addendum (UGCA)
- 1 Van den Bergh catalogue of reflection nebulae
- 1 Index Catalogue (IC)