"Messier" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/ Forms: Messiers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Messier (countable and uncountable, plural Messiers)
  1. A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by: Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Messier-en-name-ybkazWdg Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 42 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 30 30 8 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 27 27 10 23
  2. A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:
    Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Messier-en-name-en:astronomer Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 42 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 30 30 8 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 27 27 10 23
  3. A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:
    Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.
    (astronomy) As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-Messier-en-name-en:astronomer1 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 42 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 30 30 8 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 27 27 10 23 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Messier number
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