Messier (Galaxies)

Spiral galaxies:

• M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (type Sb)
• M33: The Triangulum Galaxy (type Sc)
• M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy (type Sc)
• M58 (type Sb/SBb or Sab(s)II)
• M61 (type Sc, or SAB(rs)bc)
• M63: The Sunflower Galaxy (type Sb or Sbc)
• M64: The Blackeye Galaxy (type Sb or Sab)
• M65
• M66
• M74
• M77 (type Sb, a Seyfert 2 galaxy)
• M81: Bode’s Galaxy (or Bode’s Nebula, type Sb)
• M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
• M88
• M90
• M91
• M94
• M95
• M96
• M98
• M99
• M100
• M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy
• M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (type Sa)
• M106
• M108
• M109 (NGC 3992)
• M109B (NGC 3953)
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Lenticular galaxies:

• M84
• M85
• M86
• M102: Spindle Galaxy
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Elliptical galaxies:

• M32: Satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31
• M49
• M59
• M60
• M87: Virgo A, the central galaxy in the Virgo cluster
• M89
• M105
• M110: Satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31
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Irregular Galaxies:

• M82: The Cigar Galaxy
• M51B (NGC 5195): Companion of M51
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