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Messier
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messier
English
thumb|Nicolas Anseaume's portrait of Charles Messier (1771)
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/
Proper noun
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en French < occupations, famously held by:
en astronomer Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French en astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of en nebula Nebulae and en star cluster Star Clusters, a catalogue of en deep-sky objects.
en number en astronomy As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter mul M Messier.
en Messier 31 (M31) is the Andromeda Galaxy; Messier 42 (M42) is the Orion Nebula
See also
en Messier number
Anagrams
en eeimrss Meisers Siemers misères remises
en eponyms
French
Etymology
fr fro messier harvest warden, from fro meis harvest.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Messier.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
fr occupations
fr astronomy Messier (object)