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Early Discoverers and Messier's Catalogue

DS object	type	discoverer	year	other
M045 (Mel 022) M041 (NGC 2287) M039 (NGC 7092) NGC 0869/0884 M044 (NGC 2632) Mel 111 (Coma) M007 (NGC 6475) Cr 399 IC 2391 M031 (NGC 0224) GMC SMC M042 (NGC 1976) Mel 020 (Alpha PER) Mel 025 (Hyades) M038 (NGC 1912) M036 (NGC 1960) M037 (NGC 2099) NGC 2362 M047 (NGC 2422) NGC 6231 M006 (NGC 6405) M008 (NGC 6530) M033 (NGC 0598) M034 (NGC 1039) NGC 2169 NGC 2175 NGC 2451 NGC 0752 M022 (NGC 6656) NGC 5139 M011 (NGC 6705) M040 (Wn 4) M005 (NGC 5904) NGC 2244 M013 (NGC 6205) M001 (NGC 1952) M035 (NGC 2168) M043 (NGC 1982) IC 4665 M025 (IC 4725) M016 (NGC 6611) M017 (NGC 6618) NGC 6633 M071 (NGC 6838) M015 (NGC 7078) M002 (NGC 7089) M020 (NGC 6514) M026 (NGC 6694) M032 (NGC 0221) M083 (NGC 5236) M004 (NGC 6121) M069 (NGC 6637) M055 (NGC 6809) IC 2488 IC 2602 NGC 0104 NGC 2070 NGC 2477 NGC 2516 NGC 2546 NGC 2547 NGC 3228 NGC 3293 NGC 3372 NGC 3532 NGC 3766 NGC 4755 NGC 4833 NGC 5281 NGC 5662 NGC 6025 NGC 6124 NGC 6242 NGC 6397 NGC 6777 M024 M003 (NGC 5272) M012 (NGC 6218) M010 (NGC 6254) M019 (NGC 6273) M009 (NGC 6333) M014 (NGC 6402) M023 (NGC 6494) M021 (NGC 6531) M018 (NGC 6613) M028 (NGC 6626) M027 (NGC 6853) M029 (NGC 6913) M030 (NGC 7099) M050 (NGC 2323) M046 (NGC 2437) M048 (NGC 2548) M049 (NGC 4472) M062 (NGC 6266) M051 (NGC 5194) M081 (NGC 3031) M082 (NGC 3034) M052 (NGC 7654) M053 (NGC 5024) M092 (NGC 6341) M067 (NGC 2682) M054 (NGC 6715) M064 (NGC 4826) M057 (NGC 6720) M060 (NGC 4649) M063 (NGC 5055) M058 (NGC 4579) M059 (NGC 4621) M056 (NGC 6779) M061 (NGC 4303) M074 (NGC 0628) M076 (NGC 0650-1) M077 (NGC 1068) M079 (NGC 1904) M078 (NGC 2068) M065 (NGC 3623) M066 (NGC 3627) M080 (NGC 6093) M075 (NGC 6864) M072 (NGC 6981) M102 (NGC 5866) M068 (NGC 4590) M070 (NGC 6681) M073 (NGC 6994) M103 (NGC 0581) M095 (NGC 3351) M096 (NGC 3368) M105 (NGC 3379) M097 (NGC 3587) M098 (NGC 4192) M099 (NGC 4254) M106 (NGC 4258) M100 (NGC 4321) M085 (NGC 4382) M088 (NGC 4501) M104 (NGC 4594) M094 (NGC 4736) M051 (NGC 5195) M101 (NGC 5457) M110 (NGC 0205) M093 (NGC 2447) M108 (NGC 3556) M109 (NGC 3992) M084 (NGC 4374) M086 (NGC 4406) M087 (NGC 4486) M089 (NGC 4552) M090 (NGC 4569) M107 (NGC 6171)	OC OC OC OC OC OC OC AST/OC OC GX GX GX OC+BN OC OC OC OC OC OC OC OC OC OC GX OC OC OC OC OC GC GC OC ED GC OC GC SNR OC BN OC OC OC+BN OC+BN OC GC GC GC BN OC GX GX GC GC GC OC OC GC BN OC OC OC OC OC BN BN OC OC OC GC OC OC OC OC OC GC AST? MW GC GC GC GC GC GC OC OC OC GC PN OC GC OC OC OC GX GC GX GX GX OC GC GC OC GC GX PN GX GX GX GX GC GX GX PN GX GC BN GX GX GC GC GC GX GC GC OC OC GX GX GX PN GX GX GX GX GX GX GX GX GX GX GX OC GX GX GX GX GX GX GX GC	Hesiod Aristotle? Aristotle? Hipparchus Hipparchus Ptolemy Ptolemy Al-Sufi Al-Sufi Al-Sufi Magellan Magellan Peiresc Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna Odierna? Odierna? Odierna? Odierna? Odierna? Odierna? Hevelcke? Halley Kirch Hevelcke Kirch Flamsteed Halley Bevis Bevis? Mairan Chéseaux Chéseaux Chéseaux Chéseaux Chéseaux Chéseaux Maraldi Maraldi Le Gentil Le Gentil Le Gentil Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Lacaille Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Cassini Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Bode Bode Messier Bode Bode Koeler Messier Bode Darquier Koeler Méchain Messier Messier Messier Oriani Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain (error) Messier Messier Messier Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Méchain Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Messier Méchain	-800 -325 -325 -127 -127 151 151 964 964 964 1519 1519 1610 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1654 1665 1677 1681 1687 1702 1712 1714 1731 1731 1733 1746 1746 1746 1746 1746 1746 1746 1746 1747 1747 1749 1751 1751 1751 1751 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1764 1771 1771 1771 1771 1771 1773 1774 1774 1774 1775 1777 1778 1778 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1780 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1781 1782	. Ptolemy 151 Le Gentil 1749 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Messier 1764 Messier 1764 Herschel W 1788 Bruhns ? (in NGC) Herschel J 1838 Herschel W 1788 Lacaille 1752 . . . . . . . Chéseaux 1746

This first table gathers both the Messier catalog as well as the other deep sky objects already known at the time but not mentioned by this illustrious pioneer.

The object are arranged according to their discovery date. I have assumed here that all Odierna's questionable discoveries are real (see SEDS for more detail on Odierna's catalog). Anyway, whenever a discovery is unsure, I have added a later discoverer in the "other" column.

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