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Want to try to do a #messierMarathon in 2024 (weather permitting). I was surprised as to how many objects on the list I haven’t seen despite being a deep sky observer for decades.

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Our friend @mmkelly puts together a stargazing side quest every week for #WUFO, where they teach us how to find celestial objects. This week's is up and it's a doozy! You owe it to yourself to go outside tonight and find as many #Messier objects as you can for the #messiermarathon

What's a Messier object, you may ask? Visit wufo.watch and find out!

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https://www.wufo.watch/2023/03/22/stargazing-side-quest-week-62-messier-marathon/

To close out Hubble's 2023 #MessierMarathon, here's a new image of M19!

M19 is a star cluster with a slightly elongated shape. It's relatively close to the heart of our Milky Way, so the gravity from the galactic center could be stretching it: https://go.nasa.gov/40mqDld
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The final new Hubble Messier image is Messier 19 (M19). The Hubble proposal associated with this image sought to investigate M19’s formation and the ratios of different populations of stars within the cluster. The image includes Hubble observations taken in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths of light.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/messier-19

Visit Hubble's Messier Catalog to see more Hubble images of these objects.

https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-messier-catalog

#NASA #Hubble #MessierMarathon #astronomy #stargazing #Astrodon #universe #space #sciencemastodon #science #stars

The field is filled with orange, red, yellow, blue, and white stars. They appear as a spherical, dense mass that tapers out toward the edges of the image on a black background. A small gap in Hubble data (horizontal line at center right) is instead filled in with observations from the ground-based Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope.

The Messier Catalog is a resource that includes many astronomical sights from the northern hemisphere. We’re sharing new Hubble images of Messier objects so you can “stargaze” from your screen.

Join us for a mini #MessierMarathon, no matter where you are! https://go.nasa.gov/42k0GVr
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Today's new Hubble Messier image is the open star cluster, Messier 7 (M7) some 1,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Scorpius. Second-century polymath, Claudius Ptolemy, first recorded M7 in 130 AD, earning it the nickname Ptolemy's Cluster.

Follow along as Hubble releases a new Messier image each day through Tuesday, March 21.

Hubble's Messier Catalog:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-messier-catalog

#NASA #Hubble #MessierMarathon #astronomy #stargazing #Astrodon #universe #space #sciencemastodon #science #stars

A black background is filled with small, reddish-orange stars. Larger blue-white stars are scattered across the image, with a slightly higher concentration at upper left.

The Messier Catalog is a resource that includes many astronomical sights from the northern hemisphere. We’re sharing new Hubble images of Messier objects so you can “stargaze” from your screen.

Join us for a mini #MessierMarathon, no matter where you are!
https://go.nasa.gov/3LF6e6K
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Today's new Hubble Messier image is Messier 14 (M14). Discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, the globular cluster M14 is home to over 150,000 stars and is some 29,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/messier-14

Follow along as Hubble releases a new Messier image each day through Tuesday, March 21.

Hubble's Messier Catalog:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-messier-catalog

#NASA #Hubble #MessierMarathon #astronomy #stargazing #Astrodon #universe #space #sciencemastodon #science #stars

Just in time for the 2023 #MessierMarathon, Hubble has a new view of M80 to share.

M80 is one of the densest globular clusters in the Milky Way. It's about 28,000 light-years away from Earth and contains hundreds of thousands of stars: https://go.nasa.gov/3JNPpp1
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Today's new Hubble Messier image is a favorite of backyard astronomers, the enormous globular cluster Messier 80 (M80). This image is from Hubble observations that helped astronomers learn more about the sequence of cosmic events that lead to the formation of various sub-populations of stars in globular clusters.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/messier-80

Follow along as Hubble releases a new Messier image each day through Tuesday, March 21.

Hubble's Messier Catalog:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-messier-catalog

#NASA #Hubble #MessierMarathon #astronomy #stargazing #Astrodon #universe #space #sciencemastodon #science #stars

Image center holds a dense sphere of stars in colors of red, orange, yellow, white, and blue. The stars are densely packed at image center and taper out toward the image's edges. They are on a black background.

Hubble has imaged most of the objects in the Messier catalog, which includes fascinating astronomical targets that can be observed from the northern hemisphere.

You can even try to find them all for a #MessierMarathon in March's ideal viewing conditions!
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For backyard astronomers, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, March is a good time to try and spot all of late 18th century, French astronomer Charles Messier's cataloged objects. Hubble has looked at many of those objects too, and is sharing a new image of Messier 55.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/hubble-messier-55

Follow along as Hubble releases a new Messier image each day through Tuesday, March 21.

Hubble's Messier Catalog:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-messier-catalog

#NASA #Hubble #MessierMarathon #astronomy #stargazing #Astrodon #universe #space #science #stars

Field is filled with white stars, smattered with blue-white and reddish-orange stars. All are on a black background.

The Crab Nebula is also classified as “Messier 1” – the first object in the Messier catalog, a list of cosmic objects compiled by astronomer Charles Messier.

In fact, some astronomers will even attempt a #MessierMarathon: a challenge to find all the catalog’s objects in a night!
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#Stargazers Welcomed

Learn more about the #MessierMarathon from the #NASA #CuriousUniverse team and #Hubble

https://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/stargazers-welcome

And keep an eye out later this week as the Hubble team releases some new #Messier images beginning Friday, 17 March!

#astronomy #stargazing #Astrodon #universe #space #science

An astronaut in a spacesuit is at the forefront of this illustration. Their fingers are in front of them, palms facing us. The words "NASA's Curious Universe" are written on their helmet. In the background are a teal grid and line drawings of a rover and a satellite in the dark sky, along with a ribbonlike shape stretching across from left to right. Credit: NASA

Plus, stay tuned for Hubble’s #MessierMarathon!

Starting on March 17, we’ll share new images of cosmic objects from the Messier catalog on our social media, so you can stargaze right from your screen.

Get ready by exploring our Messier images! https://go.nasa.gov/3LnKFI0
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M81 Bode's Galaxy

Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Beautiful spiral galaxy with clear arms and a bright center.

Same image but with a wider field of view.

M1 Crab Nebula

M1 Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula. It is located in the northern constellation Taurus, the Bull. The Crab Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8.4 and lies at a distance of 6,500 light years from Earth. It is the result of a supernova explosion, SN 1054, that was observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #m1 #nebula #taurus #messier #messiermarathon

Bright nebula in the vague shape of a crab among a sea of stars.

M42 Great Nebula in Orion

Messier 42 (M42), the famous Orion Nebula, is an emission-reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. With an apparent magnitude of 4.0, the Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky and is visible to the naked eye. It lies at a distance of 1,344 light years from Earth and is the nearest stellar nursery to Earth.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #m42 #nebula #messier #messiermarathon

Huge cloud of red, purple, and blue gas with a large bright white central core.

Same as the other image but without the border & label so you can see more of the surrounding background.

M92

Magnitude 6.4 globular cluster located 26,700 light-years away in the constellation Hercules. M92 is approaching us at 112 km/sec and was a "Polarissima Borealis", or "North Cluster", about 12,000 years ago (10,000 BC), and it will again in about 14,000 years (16,000 AD).

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #m92 #cluster #hercules #messier #messiermarathon

M13

Located 25,000 light-years from Earth, M13 is by far the most famous sight in this part of the sky. It competes with M5 as the brightest globular cluster north of the celestial equator. The cluster contains some 500,000 stars with an age of 13 billion years, not much younger than the universe itself.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #m13 #cluster #hercules #messier #messiermarathon

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