what is the M in M66 spiral Galaxy?

can anybody help me?

Sly boots 9 wrote:

can anybody help me?

Charles Messier
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/history/CMessier.html
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astr...erObjects.html

Sly boots 9 wrote:

can anybody help me?

The "M" is for Mucho Grande. And the 66 refers to Route 66, wherefrom
the galaxy was first viewed from the backseat of a red Corvette.

lal_truckee wrote:
The "M" is for Mucho Grande. And the 66 refers to Route 66, wherefrom
the galaxy was first viewed from the backseat of a red Corvette.

Oh, so you mean when she said she saw stars, she *wasn't* speaking
figuratively?

Brian Tung
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 22:29:49 +0000 (UTC), (Brian Tung)
wrote, in part:
lal_truckee wrote:

The "M" is for Mucho Grande. And the 66 refers to Route 66, wherefrom
the galaxy was first viewed from the backseat of a red Corvette.

Oh, so you mean when she said she saw stars, she *wasn't* speaking
figuratively?

I thought it stood for Marc Messier, the hockey player.

John Savard
http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/index.html

John Savard wrote:
I thought it stood for Marc Messier, the hockey player.

Hmm, don't know him, is he in the minors?

There is the superannuated Mark Messier, though. Last seen leaving
the ice after a 4-3 loss to the Sabres. (He deserved better. The
Rangers were really horrible this year.)

Brian Tung
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John Savard wrote:
I thought it stood for Marc Messier, the hockey player.

Hmm, don't know him, is he in the minors?

There is the superannuated Mark Messier, though. Last seen leaving
the ice after a 4-3 loss to the Sabres. (He deserved better. The
Rangers were really horrible this year.)

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 22:29:49 +0000 (UTC), (Brian Tung)
wrote, in part:
lal_truckee wrote:

The "M" is for Mucho Grande. And the 66 refers to Route 66, wherefrom
the galaxy was first viewed from the backseat of a red Corvette.

Oh, so you mean when she said she saw stars, she *wasn't* speaking
figuratively?

I thought it stood for Marc Messier, the hockey player.

John Savard
http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/index.html

lal_truckee wrote:

Sly boots 9 wrote:

can anybody help me?


The "M" is for Mucho Grande. And the 66 refers to Route 66, wherefrom
the galaxy was first viewed from the backseat of a red Corvette.

I had a good laugh with your reply. What about M1, M2, M3 (you tell me
when you see what I mean), M4.... ?

Fred wrote:

I had a good laugh with your reply. What about M1, M2, M3 (you tell me
when you see what I mean), M4.... ?

When John Dobson came and stayed in the UK a couple of years back, he
was being driven all over, UP and DOWN "messier objects" - our freeways
are called M1, M2, M3, M4 with gaps, but at least as far as M66. This
caused JD some amusement....

Steve