Messier

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/ === Proper noun === Messier (countable and uncountable, plural Messiers) 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. === See also === Messier number === Anagrams === Meisers, Siemers, misères, remises == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French messier (“harvest warden”), from meis (“harvest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛ.sje/ ~ /me.sje/ === Proper noun === Messier ? a surname originating as an occupation (astronomy) Messier (object)