1. Messier - Adjective
2. Messier - Proper noun
Messier (countable and uncountable, plural Messiers)
A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:
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.
(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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Charles Messier measured the position of the cluster and included it as M45 in his catalogue of comet -like objects, published in 1771. Source: Internet
As of 2010, is one of only two clusters (including Messier 4 ) that shows a definite inhomogeneous population. citation References * citation * Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). Source: Internet
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For instance, Bodifee and Berger propose the informal, descriptive name Callimorphus Ursae Majoris main for the well-formed barred galaxy Messier 109 in Ursa Major. Source: Internet
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