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Charles Messier
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Charles Messier (1730-1817) was a French astronomer, who discovered 15 comets and in 1781 published a list of 103 star clusters and nebulae.

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Objects on this list are given M (for Messier) numbers which astronomers still use today.

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Tags: astronomer, comets, clusters

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