Charles Messier

Born: Badonviller, France (06/26/1730) French Navy (1751-1771) Member of the Royal Society of London since '64, French Astronomer for life. Passed (04/12/1817).

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Messier marathon is a great competition for amateur astronomers to participate in to find 100 objects in one night. Like to see my legacy impacting the world to this day

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Not many people knew I was living a life of poverty in my youth but I made it to the top #ragstoriches

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*Cross of Legion of Honor

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Cross of the Legion Award recipient ☝🏻

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Purpose of my catalog was to not mistaken a comet with these objects that are far from 🌏

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When a crater in the moon and an asteroid are name after you

[Charles Messier @Messier1730]

Couldn’t see stars in the sky but I saw stars when I fell down 25 feet of cellar stairs🤕

[Charles Messier @Messier1730]

Even though I was in the navy for a while, I only went on one naval journey but it didn’t stop me from studying the sky

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In ‘71 I discovered the first Virgo Cluster galaxy and my catalog was at 62 objects

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I discovered two more comets in ‘63 and ‘64 once I started to observe the solar system

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When I was 11 I broke my leg, leading to me to be homeschooled and I got better at the sense of observation and detail

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On June 14th, 1770, Lexell's Comet✅ https://t.co/7j4vQLt2bU:

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@TychoBrah3 we changed the game of astronomy with discovering new things in the night sky

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as of now my catalog at 110 but still more to be found #huntingseason

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a special reward will be presented by Astronomical League 🏆

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glad to see amateur astronomers trying to be able to identify each of the objects

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Dropped out at 11 but later became chief astronomer in the Marine Observatory in Paris #nbd

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The M83 (Southern Pinwheel) coolest object on the catalog when May comes around grab binoculars and see it in the night sky in constellation Hydra

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our names at the top of the list for g.o.a.t

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@EdwinHu24669420 good work bro for classifying more nebulae in the constellations especially M31