Charles Messier

Also known as Charles Joseph Messier, Messier

18th- and 19th-century French astronomer

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Charles Messier was an 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer who is famous for creating a catalog of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies that astronomers still use today. His catalog, known as the Messier Catalog, helped astronomers distinguish between these celestial objects and comets, making it an essential tool for observing the night sky.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Charles
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Badonviller
Place of death: Paris
Occupation: astronomer
Languages spoken: French
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Notable work: Lexell's Comet
Student of: Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
Field of work: astronomy
Image: Charles Messier.jpg

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Commons category: Charles Messier
member of: Académie de Stanislas (Nancy, France)
date of birth: 1730-06-26
date of death: 1817-04-12
name in native language: Charles Messier
place of burial: Père Lachaise Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview

Charles Messier ( French: [ʃaʁl me.sje]; 26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters, which came to be known as the Messier objects, referred to with the letter M and their number between 1 and 110. Messier's purpose for the catalogue was to help astronomical observers distinguish between permanent and transient visually diffuse objects in the sky.

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