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1730-1817 French astronomer remembered for his catalog listing many of the most important nebulae and clusters. Messier was widely known by his contemporaries for discovering comets—15 by modern standards. Having been deceived numerous times by...
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Charles Messier (June 26, 1730 – April 12, 1817) was a French astronomer most notable for publishing an astronomical catalog consisting of deep sky objects such as nebulae and star clusters that came to be known as the 103 "Messier objects". The...


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