Charles Messier was a French astronomer who in 1774 published a catalogue of 45 deep sky objects such as nebulae and star clusters. The purpose of the catalogue was to help comet hunters (like himself) and other astronomical observers to distinguish between permanent and transient objects in the sky. Messier was born in Badonviller in the Lorraine region of France, the 10th of 12 children of catchpole Nicolas Messier and Francoise b. Grandblaise. Wikipedia
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The celebrated French astronomer Charles Messier became famous in his lifetime for the discovery of 20 comets, 13 of which were original discoveries which were (and are still) credited to him. www.seds.org/messier/xtra/history/CMessier.html
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