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Charles Messier (26 June 1730 to 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1730 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1730-06-26 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1817-04-12 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1817 1
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Pierre Mechain, Scientists

A genuine working partnership, not merely a shared credit: Mechain met Messier around 1774 and the two became friends and long-time collaborators cataloguing comets and deep-sky objects, unlike the shared-Nobel-only pairs elsewhere in this file.

Additional Source Pierre Mechain (Wikipedia)Lead section, Pierre Mechain
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Messier 87, milestones credited there.
  • Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Pinwheel Galaxy, milestones credited there.
  • Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Ring Nebula, milestones credited there.
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1. Charles Messier (Wikipedia)
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Charles Messier (26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer.
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1. Charles Messier (Wikipedia)
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Born: 26 June 1730
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1. Charles Messier (Wikipedia)
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Born: 26 June 1730
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1. Charles Messier (Wikipedia)
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Died: 12 April 1817
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1. Charles Messier (Wikipedia)
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Died: 12 April 1817
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Pierre Mechain (Wikipedia)
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was a French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets.
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