There are wonders to behold in the heavens such as the Andromeda galaxy, Great Orion nebula, and the Pleiades, to name only a few. Charles Messier, a famous an 18th century comet-hunter, kept a list of things-to-avoid (not comets) in the night sky. His list includes beautiful galaxies, nebula, and star clusters. Marsha will share photographs of prominent objects from the Messier catalog made with her camera. Modern camera lenses are nearly as good as mid-1700s telescopes at revealing the beauty in the night sky.