The Messier Catalogue is a list of 110 objects in the night sky that looked “fuzzy” to Charles messier, a French astronomer in the 18th century. These were the star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae. He compiled the first 103, the full list of 110 was published in 1871, the extra 7 objects were added by other observers. He made the catalogue to help observers distinguish between permanent and transient objects. Due to the fairly small aperture of his telescope to today’s standards (4 inches), the Messier Catalogue includes the brightest and most easy to find stellar treasures such as M31 the Andromeda Galaxy, and M45 the Pleiades. Another catalogue appeared later called the NGC (New General Catalogue) and includes 7,840 objects in the night sky.