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26/06/1730 French astronomer Charles Messier is born

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Charles Messier - The Catalog of Space - David Rives

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Charles Messier

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The Night Sky - Hooray for Mr. Messier

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Messier Objects - Deep Sky Videos

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Charles Messier: From birth to death

He is known for creating a catalogue of nebulae and star clusters that came to be known as the "Messier objects". Most of the nebulae were in fact foreign galaxies, which was Messier unaware of. His catalogue and notation are still in use. The purpose of the catalogue was to help astronomers to distinguish between permanent and transient objects in the sky. Messier also discovered 15 comets.
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