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<p><b>Charles Messier</b> (; 26&nbsp;June 1730 - 12&nbsp;April 1817) was a French <a href="page.php?w=astronomer">astronomer</a>. He published an <a href="page.php?w=astronomical_catalogue">astronomical catalogue</a> consisting of 110&nbsp;<a href="page.php?w=nebula">nebula</a>e and <a href="page.php?w=star_cluster">star cluster</a>s, which came to be known as the <a href="page.php?w=Messier_object">Messier object</a>s, referred to with the letter M and their number between 1 and 110. Messier's purpose for <a href="page.php?w=list_of_Messier_objects">the catalogue</a></p><p>
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