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Charles Messier. June 26, 1730 - April 12, 1817 Frank Andrade George Martinez. Born in. -Bandonviller, France June 26, 1730 -Died in Paris, France April 12, 1817. Known For... Known For. Discovering Over 40 Nebula's. -The nebulas's were labeled from m-1 to m-110
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Charles Messier June 26, 1730 - April 12, 1817 Frank Andrade George Martinez
Born in.. • -Bandonviller, France June 26, 1730 • -Died in Paris, France April 12, 1817
Known For... Known For..
Discovering Over 40 Nebula's • -The nebulas's were labeled from m-1 to m-110 • -Most contain double stars that may have a • gravitational relationship
Created one of the most famous catalogues of deep sky objects consisting of nebulae and star clusters
Remnant of the Super Nova 1054 or known as Crab Nebulae - Was actually looking for Halley's comet but discovered /accidentally found it on August 28, 1758 - Later John Bevis called him out because he first discovered it In1732 and explained it on a letter he sent to Messier In 1772
13 Comets He Discovered • -Some were mistaked and labeled "false comets" and • turned out to be nebulae • -By the time he was 70, he had gathered 40 false • comets and only 13 were legit... • -The picture above is all of his discoveries today
Sources • -http://www.astrosurf.com/re/messier1.html • -http://messier.seds.org/xtra/history/biograph.html • -http://www.space.com/16686-charles-messier-biogr • aphy.html