# Charles Messier

> He was hunting comets but kept hitting the same fuzzy blurs - so he made a list of 110 things NOT to waste time on. Astronomers still use his catalogue of annoyances as a guide to the sky's greatest hits.

*18th- and 19th-century French astronomer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1730-06-26
- **Died:** 1817-04-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Charles Messier was a French astronomer born 26 June 1730. His work centered on distinguishing permanent celestial objects from the transient ones that interested him more. He published a catalogue of 110 nebulae and star clusters - the Messier objects, each tagged M1 through M110 - intended as a reference for observers trying to tell what was fixed in the heavens from what merely passed through. The list became a cornerstone of deep-sky observation. He died 12 April 1817.

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## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Astronomy, #France, #Europe, #Early Modern Era

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