pi-in-the-sky

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." -W. Shakespeare Welcome to just another Messier Monday here on Starts With A Bang! Each Monday, we're taking a detailed look at a different one of the 110 deep-sky objects that compose the Messier Catalogue, each one a different semi-permanent wonder of the night sky for our viewing pleasure here on Earth. Image credit: Alistair Symon, 2005-2009. While we may not think of our galaxy as a hotbed of star formation -- and indeed it isn't compared to many, as it forms less than one Sun-like star per year…