The article critiques the common recommendation of starting amateur astronomy with the Messier catalog, arguing that many Messier objects are low surface brightness and difficult for beginners to ...
Hundreds of astronomical objects could be targets for the search for intelligent life and investigations of new astrophysics San Francisco – June 22, 2020 – Breakthrough Listen, the initiative to find ...
Many amateur astronomers start observing with the Messier catalog, a list of “fuzzy” deep-sky targets that present wonderful sights through a telescope. Although Messier objects may be bright and well ...