Catalog
Messier Catalogue
A catalogue of 110 deep-sky objects compiled by Charles Messier.
- Type
- Catalog
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 114
- Type: Catalog
- Domain: Scientific connections
Experience system V6
Catalog scientific profile
A graph-grounded scientific layout that adapts to available evidence, imagery, relations, and source coverage.
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Observe
The page falls back to graph and source evidence when no cleared image is available.
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Measure
Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.
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Locate
Contains Messier 1 (Crab Nebula).
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Connect
114 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
- Object type
- Catalog
- Graph relations
- 114
- Verified sources
- 1
- Image records
- 0
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Status
- Graph entity
Scientific map
Atlas context
- Contains
Messier 1 (Crab Nebula)
- Contains
Messier 2
- Contains
Messier 3
- Contains
Messier 4
Original SVG diagram
Scientific schematic
- Object class
- Catalog
- Catalog numbers
- Not recorded
- Graph relations
- 114
- Sources
- 1
Visual knowledge graph
Relationships, not isolated facts
This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.
- Associated withAladin
- Associated withCaldwell Catalogue
- Introduced byCharles Messier
- Associated withDeep-Sky Object
- Associated withDeep-Sky Visual Catalogues
- ContainsMessier 1 (Crab Nebula)
- ContainsMessier 10
- ContainsMessier 100
102 more graph links
- Messier 106
- Messier 107
- Messier 108
- Messier 109
- Messier 11 (Wild Duck Cluster)
- Messier 110
- Messier 12
- Messier 13 (Hercules Globular Cluster)
- Messier 14
- Messier 15
- Messier 16 (Eagle Nebula)
- Messier 17 (Omega Nebula)
- Messier 18
- Messier 19
- Messier 2
- Messier 20 (Trifid Nebula)
- Messier 21
- Messier 22
- Messier 23
- Messier 25
- Messier 26
- Messier 27 (Dumbbell Nebula)
- Messier 28
- Messier 29
- Messier 3
- Messier 30
- Messier 31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
- Messier 32
- Messier 33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
- Messier 34
- Messier 35
- Messier 36
- Messier 37
- Messier 38
- Messier 39
- Messier 4
- Messier 41
- Messier 42 (Orion Nebula)
- Messier 43 (De Mairan's Nebula)
- Messier 44 (Beehive Cluster)
- Messier 45 (Pleiades)
- Messier 46
- Messier 47
- Messier 48
- Messier 49
- Messier 5
- Messier 50
- Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)
- Messier 52
- Messier 53
- Messier 54
- Messier 55
- Messier 56
- Messier 57 (Ring Nebula)
- Messier 58
- Messier 59
- Messier 6 (Butterfly Cluster)
- Messier 60
- Messier 61
- Messier 62
- Messier 63 (Sunflower Galaxy)
- Messier 64 (Black Eye Galaxy)
- Messier 65
- Messier 66
- Messier 67
- Messier 68
- Messier 69
- Messier 7 (Ptolemy Cluster)
- Messier 70
- Messier 71
- Messier 72
- Messier 74
- Messier 75
- Messier 76 (Little Dumbbell Nebula)
- Messier 77
- Messier 78
- Messier 79
- Messier 8 (Lagoon Nebula)
- Messier 80
- Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy)
- Messier 82 (Cigar Galaxy)
- Messier 83 (Southern Pinwheel Galaxy)
- Messier 84
- Messier 85
- Messier 86
- Messier 87
- Messier 88
- Messier 89
- Messier 9
- Messier 90
- Messier 91
- Messier 92
- Messier 93
- Messier 94
- Messier 95
- Messier 96
- Messier 97 (Owl Nebula)
- Messier 98
- Messier 99
- Messier Atlas
- Modern Astronomy
- Stellarium
Continue the atlas
Curated next objects
Messier 1 (Crab Nebula)
A supernova remnant in Taurus, the expanding debris of a star that exploded in 1054 AD.
star clusterMessier 2
A rich, compact globular cluster in the constellation Aquarius.
star clusterMessier 3
A bright globular cluster in Canes Venatici containing hundreds of thousands of stars.
star clusterMessier 4
A nearby globular cluster in Scorpius, one of the closest such clusters to the Sun.
star clusterMessier 5
A large, bright globular cluster in the constellation Serpens.
star clusterMessier 6 (Butterfly Cluster)
An open star cluster in Scorpius whose brightest stars suggest the shape of a butterfly.
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
catalog:messier- Type
- Catalog
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 114
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/catalog:messier
Scientific quality
Substantial2 of 4 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Partial
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- Not applicable
- Image coverage
- Not applicable
- Timeline coverage
- Not applicable
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
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- Atlas viewDeep-Sky AtlasLinked through Messier 1 (Crab Nebula)
Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.