in seven hundred seventy four french astronomer charles messier put together what could be well very well be history's first spam filters the messiest catalog was a guide of over one hundred celestial objects that could have been see could be seen from space seen in space but were comments all this was to help comet seekers at the time not get distracted by bright shiny objects they may occasionally see from earth so two and a half centuries later nasa continues to build on messier's legacy using the hubble telescope to illustrate the celestial catalogue the latest release of images coincides with earth passing through a debris field left by halley's comet if you remember it back in one nine hundred eighty six resulting in a beautiful meteor shower that peaked this past weekend of the eight never before seen photos along with many other newly enhanced images they highlight of the catalog as its first image and one of the crab nebula the same mysteriously shape system that drew an messier and inspired his monumental work in the first place great stuff that is our show for you to remem