Charles Messier

Charles Messier was a French astronomer. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters, which came to be known as the Messier objects, referred to with the letter M and their number between 1 and 110. Messier's purpose for the catalogue was to help astronomical observers distinguish between permanent and transient visually diffuse objects in the sky.

26 June 1730

Born on the same birth day (26 June): Ariana Grande • David Winnick • Don Valentine • Donald M. Ashton • Eleanor Parker • Fredric Brandt • George Athan Billias • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia • Gretchen Wilson • Hal Greer • Hollie Arnold • Jean-Pierre Roy • Mikhail Khodorkovsky • Olive Morris • Olivier Dahan • Peter Lorre • Salvador Allende • Shannon Sharpe • Terry Skiverton • Toyonoshima Daiki • Ya'akov Cahan

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