Messier

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English

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Nicolas Anseaume's portrait of Charles Messier (1771)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Messier

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    2. Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.
      2. (astronomy) As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.
        Messier 31 (M31) is the Andromeda Galaxy; Messier 42 (M42) is the Orion Nebula

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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ.sje/ ~ /me.sje/, /me.sje/

Proper noun

Messier ?

  1. an occupational surname
  2. (astronomy) Messier (object)
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