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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

Mes′sier cat′alog, [Astron.]

Astronomya catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.

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