This is my effort to create an collection of images of all 110 Messier objects (currently at 31/110). A Messier object is a object listed in the Catalog of 18^th century french astronomer Charles Messier. The distribution of the Messierobjects of the sky can be seen in the image below^[1]. It will take some years to do the images, but well, its worth a try. The descriptions link to the wikipedia entries of the Object.



So let's start

Catalog ID	1	2	3	4
Common Name	Crab Nebula
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_2	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_3	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_4

Catalog ID	5	6	7	8
Common Name		Butterfly Cluster	Ptolemy Cluster	Lagoon Nebula
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_5	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_Cluster	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_Cluster	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula

Catalog ID	9	10	11	12
Common Name			Wild Duck Cluster
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_9	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_10	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Duck_Cluster	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_12

Catalog ID	13	14	15	16
Common Name	Great Cluster in Hercules		Pegasus Cluster	Eagle Nebula
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_13	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_14	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_15	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula

Catalog ID	17	18	19	20
Common Name	Omega Nebula			Trifid Nebula
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Nebula	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_18	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_19	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifid_Nebula

Catalog ID	21	22	23	24
Common Name		Sagittarius Cluster		Sagittarius Star Cloud
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_21	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_22	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_23	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_Star_Cloud

Catalog ID	25	26	27	28
Common Name			Dumbell Nebula
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_25	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbbell_Nebula	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_28

Catalog ID	29	30	31	32
Common Name			Anfromeda Galaxy
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_29	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_30	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_32

Catalog ID	33	34	35	36
Common Name	Triangulum Galaxy
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulum_Galaxy	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_34	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_35	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_36

Catalog ID	37	38	39	40
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_37	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_38	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_39	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnecke_4

Catalog ID	41	42	43	44
Common Name		Orion Nebula	De Mairan's Nebula	Beehive Cluster/Praesepe
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_41	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_43	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Cluster

Catalog ID	45	46	47	48
Common Name	Plejades
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_46	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_47	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_48

Catalog ID	49	50	51	52
Common Name			Whirlpool Galaxy
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_49	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_50	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_52

Catalog ID	53	54	55	56
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_53	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_54	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_55	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_56

Catalog ID	57	58	59	60
Common Name	Ring Nebula
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Nebula	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_58	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_59	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_60

Catalog ID	61	62	63	64
Common Name			Sunflower Galaxy	Black Eye Galaxy
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_61	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_62	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Galaxy	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eye_Galaxy

Catalog ID	65	66	67	68
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_65	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_66	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_67	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_68

Catalog ID	69	70	71	72
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_69	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_70	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_71	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_72

Catalog ID	73	74	75	76
Common Name				Little Dumbell
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_73	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_74	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_75	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L..

Catalog ID	77	78	79	80
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_77	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_78	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_79	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_80

Catalog ID	81	82	83	84
Common Name	Bode's Galaxy	Cigar Galaxy	Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bode...	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_83	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_84

Catalog ID	85	86	87	88
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_85	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_86	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_87	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_88

Catalog ID	89	90	91	92
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_89	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_90	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_91	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_92

Catalog ID	93	94	95	96
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_93	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_94	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_95	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_96

Catalog ID	97	98	99	100
Common Name	Owl Nebula
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_Nebula	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_98	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_99	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_100

Catalog ID	101	102 (?)	103	104
Common Name	Pinwheel Galaxy	NGC5866 is the closest guess		Sombrero Galaxy
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinwheel_Galaxy	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_102	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_103	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy

Catalog ID	105	106	107	108
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_105	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_106	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_107	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_108

Catalog ID	109	110
Common Name
Description	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_109	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_110