Transcription: Charles Messier, June 26, 1730 to April 12, 1817. The French astronomer Charles Messier had no formal training in science, yet he has a place in the history of astronomy, both as a discoverer of comets and as the author of the famous catalogue of star clusters and nebulae. He was born at Baden-Vieres, but at the age of 21, following the death of his parents, he moved to Paris and became assistant to the astronomer Delisle. This was in 1751. At that time less than 50 comets were known. Messier discovered 21 comets himself, 15 of which were new, and all in all observed well over 50 different com ... File Comment Made in Intimate Arts
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