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Catalogues
Patrick Moore published his list of 109 deep-sky objects for amateur observers in December 1995, intending it as a companion to Messier. Three decades later, the list is still in print, still used, and still a little controversial.
Catalogues
A retired schoolteacher in upstate New York spent three winters working through Charles Messier's hundred and ten, one entry at a time, and kept a notebook every night.
Catalogues
On the night of March 27, 2026, fourteen observers from across Texas attempted to observe all 110 Messier objects in a single night from a high site in the Davis Mountains. Eleven succeeded.