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Messier

//ˈmɛs.i.eɪ// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of messy: more messy comparative, form-of
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    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.; As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M. countable, uncountable

    "Messier 31 (M31) is the Andromeda Galaxy; Messier 42 (M42) is the Orion Nebula"

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