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Charles Messier (26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer most notable for publishing
an astronomical catalogue consisting of deep sky objects such as nebulae and star clusters that came
to be known as the 110 "Messier objects". The purpose of the catalogue was to help astronomical observers,
in particular comet hunters such as himself, distinguish between permanent and transient objects in the sky.
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