Messier
See also: messier
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Charles_Messier.jpg.webp)
Nicolas Anseaume's portrait of Charles Messier (1771)
Proper noun
Messier
- An occupational surname of French origin, 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
- (astronomy) As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.
- 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.
See also
- Messier number
Anagrams
- Meisers, Siemers, misères, remises