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All Sky M Cat
The attached file gives approximate distances to the 361 objects in an All Sky Messier Catalog and 5 rough maps.
There are 108 Messier objects and 253 non M objects. It also includes some history.
Most of the objects were discovered by:
William Herschel, 125 objects
James Dunlop, 50 objects
Charles Messier, 40 objects
Pierre Mechain, 26 objects
Nicolas Lacaille, 19 objects
John Herschel, 19 objects
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