A set of books belonging to Charles Messier have joined the collection of David J. Eicher, offering a rare link to the comet ...

Charles Messier scanned the heavens in search of new comets, hoping that these would lead him to fame and fortune. To discover a comet, ...

Before Charles Messier handed in the final supplement of his catalog, which was published in 1781, his contemporary, Pierre Méchain, supplied a number of new objects for his consideration.

Charles Messier was born on June 26, 1730, in Badonviller, France, the son of an administrative official. Little Charles was the tenth of twelve children to be born.

It turns out the iconic Ring Nebula was actually discovered by 18th century comet-hunter Charles Messier, a new study shows. Until now, history has credited the discovery of this well-known nebula ...

This sparked the idea for the Messier Marathon, when astronomers attempt to see all 110 deep space objects in Charles’ Messier’s astronomy catalog in an astronomically-thrilling all-nighter.

Starting in the mid-1700s, Charles Messier cataloged more than 100 galaxies, nebulas, star clusters and other objects — and today, they remain popular skywatching targets. Ninety-three of the ...

Messier 47 is located approximately 1600 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Puppis (the poop deck of the mythological ship Argo). It was first noticed some time before 1654 by Italian ...

In 1758, Charles Messier, ... There were a few astronomers spread across the United States that just decided that they wanted to try and see all 110 Messier objects in the same night and, ...

Credit wikipedia Charles Messier, French astronomer, at the age of 40. This week on Looking Up we learn the whereabouts of Messier's missing galaxy.

The scavenger hunt is not yet complete—the Hubble Messier Catalog currently exhibits images of 84 of the 110 Messier objects and plots them on an interactive map—but that’s partly because of ...