Messier, Charles (1730-1817)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke3857.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3857. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Comet seeker, nebula avoider, born in Badonvillier, Lorraine, France, became interested in astronomy as a child. Went to Paris, employed by JOSEPH-NICOLAS DELISLE to search for Comet Halley on the 1757 return. While doing so, he discovered a comet-like patch in Taurus on the comet's expected path. The patch did not move, and he later identified it as a nebula (now known as the Crab Nebula),...

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