This is a list of each Messier object, its discovery year and its first discoverer who published/recorded their findings. Most of the Messier Objects were discovered between the years 1654 and 1782 AD, amongst some outliers.

+ Messier object Discoverer Year Messier 1 John Bevis 1731 Messier 2 Jean-Dominique Maraldi 1746 Messier 3 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 4 Philippe Loys de Chéseaux 1745 Messier 5 Gottfried Kirch 1702 Messier 6 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 7 Claudius Ptolemy 130 Messier 8 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 9 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 10 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 11 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 12 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 13 Edmond Halley 1714 Messier 14 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 15 Jean-Dominique Maraldi 1746 Messier 16 Philippe Loys de Chéseaux 1745-6 Messier 17 Philippe Loys de Chéseaux 1745 Messier 18 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 19 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 20 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 21 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 22 Johann Abraham Ihle 1665 Messier 23 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 24 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 25 Philippe Loys de Chéseaux 1745 Messier 26 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 27 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 28 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 29 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 30 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 31 Al-Sufi 964 Messier 32 Guillaume Le Gentil 1749 Messier 33 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 34 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 35 Philippe Loys de Chéseaux 1745 Messier 36 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 37 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 38 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 39 Guillaume Le Gentil 1749 Messier 40 Charles Messier 1764 Messier 41 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 42 Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc 1610 Messier 43 Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan 1731 Messier 44 Galileo Galilei 1609 Messier 45 Galileo Galilei 1610 Messier 46 Charles Messier 1771 Messier 47 Giovanni Battista Hodierna 1654 Messier 48 Charles Messier 1771 Messier 49 Charles Messier 1777 Messier 50 Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1711 Messier 51 Charles Messier 1773 Messier 52 Charles Messier 1774 Messier 53 Johann Elert Bode 1775 Messier 54 Charles Messier 1778 Messier 55 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille 1752 Messier 56 Charles Messier 1779 Messier 57 Charles Messier 1779 Messier 58 Charles Messier 1779 Messier 59 Johann Gottfried Koehler 1779 Messier 60 Johann Gottfried Koehler 1779 Messier 61 Barnaba Oriani 1779 Messier 62 Charles Messier 1772 Messier 63 Pierre Méchain 1779 Messier 64 Edward Pigott 1779 Messier 65 Charles Messier 1780 Messier 66 Charles Messier 1780 Messier 67 Johann Gottfried Koehler 1779 Messier 68 Charles Messier 1780 Messier 69 Charles Messier 1780 Messier 70 Charles Messier 1780 Messier 71 Philippe Loys de Chéseaux 1745 Messier 72 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 73 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 74 Pierre Méchain 1780 Messier 75 Pierre Méchain 1780 Messier 76 Pierre Méchain 1780 Messier 77 Pierre Méchain 1780 Messier 78 Pierre Méchain 1780 Messier 79 Pierre Méchain 1780 Messier 80 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 81 Johann Elert Bode 1774 Messier 82 Johann Elert Bode 1774 Messier 83 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille 1752 Messier 84 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 85 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 86 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 87 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 88 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 89 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 90 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 91 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 92 Johann Elert Bode 1777 Messier 93 Charles Messier 1781 Messier 94 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 95 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 96 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 97 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 98 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 99 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 100 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 101 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 102 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 103 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 104 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 105 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 106 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 107 Pierre Méchain 1782 Messier 108 Pierre Méchain 1782 Messier 109 Pierre Méchain 1781 Messier 110 Charles Messier 1773

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