FTP, what is this famous star catalogue named for the Frenchman who compiled it?
Number 11 is the Wild Duck, number 27 is the Dumbbell, entry 44 is the Beehive, 51 is the Whirlpool, and 64 is the Black Eye, and despite their name many of these objects were originally discovered by Pierre Mechain. In its first incarnation it consisted of 45 objects, but was later extended to 68 and finally to 103, and was intended as a list of objects that might be mistaken for comets, including its first entry, the Crab Nebula, which is designated M1. FTP, what is this famous star catalogue named for the Frenchman who compiled it?
Number 11 is the Wild Duck, number 27 is the Dumbbell, entry 44 is the Beehive, 51 is the Whirlpool, and 64 is the Black Eye, and despite their name many of these objects were originally discovered by Pierre Mechain.
Messier Catalogue