June 26 1730 April 12 1817 Frank Andrade George Martinez Born in Bandonviller France June 26 1730 Died in Paris France April 12 1817 Known For Known For Discovering Over 40 Nebulas ID: 341331
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Charles Messier
June 26, 1730 - April 12, 1817Frank AndradeGeorge MartinezSlide2
Born in..
-Bandonviller, France June 26, 1730-Died in Paris, France April 12, 1817Slide3
Known For...
Known For..Slide4
Discovering Over 40 Nebula's
-The nebulas's were labeled from m-1 to m-110-Most contain double stars that may have a gravitational relationshipSlide5
Created one of the most famous catalogues of deep sky objects consisting of nebulae and star clustersSlide6
Remnant of the Super Nova 1054 or known as Crab Nebulae
- Was actually looking for Halley's comet but discovered /accidentally found it on August 28, 1758- Later John Bevis called him out because he first discovered it In1732 and explained it on a letter he sent to Messier In 1772Slide7
13 Comets He Discovered
-Some were mistaked and labeled "false comets" and turned out to be nebulae-By the time he was 70, he had gathered 40 falsecomets and only 13 were legit...-The picture above is all of his discoveries todaySlide8
Sources
-http://www.astrosurf.com/re/messier1.html-http://messier.seds.org/xtra/history/biograph.html-http://www.space.com/16686-charles-messier-biography.html