Messier (suomeksi)

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(surname, occupational, from=French, A=An, nodot=1) ''of (l, en, French) origin, famously held by:''
(senseid, en, astronomer) w:Charles Messier, Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French (l, en, astronomer) who between 1774 and 1781 published his ''Catalogue of (l, en, nebula, Nebulae) and (l, en, star cluster, Star Clusters)'', a catalogue of (l, en, deep-sky) objects.
(senseid, en, number) (lb, en, astronomy) As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter (m, mul, M, id=Messier).
: (ux, en, '''Messier''' 31 (M31) is the Andromeda Galaxy; '''Messier''' 42 (M42) is the Orion Nebula)