Messier Objects in the Virgo Cluster

In this chart of the Virgo Cluster region by Charles Messier, he has marked the positions of all 16 Messier Objects in this region:

• Near the bottom and in the right half, "Neb. 1779" is M61
• Below the image's center, "Nebul. 1771" is M49
• Left of the image's center, "3 Nebul. 1779" are, from left to right: M60, M59, and M58.
• The "Onze Neb. Observees en 1781" (Eleven Nebulae Observed in 1781) are M84--M91 and M98--M100:
  • M98 = 1,
  • M99 = 2,
  • M100 = 3,
  • M85 = 4,
  • M84 = 5,
  • M86 = 6,
  • M87 = 7,
  • M88 = 8,
  • M89 = 9,
  • M90 = 10,
  • M91 (wrong position) = 11,

Last Modification: January 26, 2001