Charles Messier, 1730 - 1817, a french astronomer who listed around 100 objects in the sky, now its around 110. It's known as the Messier Catalog, sometimes items are referenced by their number within the catalog, M13 for example. This is the complete catalog up-to-date, here, as i figured that it would be simpler than to type them all up myself, besides this site is awesome, take a gander.
Although not particularly needed to look at the constellations, its facinating if you have something fall in your lap, to know what it is.
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