Charles Messier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French astronomer
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Place of Birth: Badonviller, Grand Est, France
About Charles Messier
- Charles Messier (French: [?a?l me.sje]; 26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer.
- He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and faint star clusters, which came to be known as the Messier objects.
- The purpose of the catalogue was to help astronomical observers, in particular comet hunters like himself, distinguish between permanent and transient visually diffuse objects in the sky.
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