Charles Messier (June 26, 1730 (original) (raw)

This historical section is to make some biographical data of the great Frenchman available online. If you have anything to comment or contribute, please contact me.

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History of the Discovery of the Deep Sky Objects,Discovery table,Historical Deep Sky Objects list,Historical Observations and Descriptions of the Messier Objects,Discovery Statistics of the Messier Objects.

Charles Messier has been honored lately by the astronomical community by naming a Moon Crater (or even two) after him.

This icon was selected to point to the Messier History page (this page). It was cropped from a chart drawn by Messier, and shows the central part of theVirgo Cluster of Galaxies which Messier thought to be a cluster of nebulae.

Links:

• Some of Messier's Comet Maps (online thanks to Henk Bril)
• Messier's publications in the Volumes of the Royal Academy (1759-1790), by Felice Stoppa (in Italian)
• Messier e le sue comete, by G.M. Caglieris (in Italian)
• History of Astronomy Masterpage by Wolfgang R. Dick
• Electronic Newsletter on the History of Astronomy (English translation of the German `Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte'), published by the Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte in der Astronomischen Gesellschaft (AG) (Working Group on the History of Astronomy within the Astronomische Gesellschaft)
• The Société Lorraine d'Astronomie (Lorrain Astronomy Society) has held a Hommage for Charles Messier in Badonviller, Lorrain, France on April 13-14, 2001 (local archival copy)
• The Société Lorraine d'Astronomie (Lorrain Astronomy Society) has hosted another Journées d'hommage à l'astronome Charles Messier (Days of Hommage for the astronomer Charles Messier) in Badonviller, Lorrain, France on April 21-22, 2017 (local archival copy))

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