Messier

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/

The English word “Messier” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

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.

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