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Kirch discovered two Messier objects with a small refractor at Berlin Observatory: M 5 and M 11 (see below).
| D | N | NI | Y | M | D | I | T | Observer | Name | Con | Type | S | Author | Title | Source |
| 1 | N | 5904 | 1702 | 5 | 5 | Rr | v | Messier 23.5.1764 | M 5 | SER | V | 5 | Messier, C. | Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des amas d'Etoiles | Hist. de l'Acad. Sci. 1771, 435-461 |
| 1 | N | 6705 | 1681 | Rr | v | M 11, Wild Duck Cluster | SCT | I2r | 4 | Kirch, G. | Ephemeridum Motuum Coelestium Ad Annum Aerae Christianae 1682. Cum Appendice Observationum Nonnullarum Astronomicarum | Leipzig 1682 |
Kirch's drawing of M 11
