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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Charles Messier Charles Messier The term 'Charles Messier' as it applies to the area of space can be defined as 'While hunting for comets in the skies above France, 18th century astronomer Charles Messier made a list of the positions of about 100 fuzzy, diffuse looking objects which appeared at fixed positions in the sky. Although these objects looked like comets, Messier knew that since they did not move with respect to the background stars they could not be the undiscovered comets he was searching for. These objects are now well known to modern astronomers to be among the brightest and most striking gaseous nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Objects on Messier's list are still referred to by their 'Messier number'. For example the Andromeda Galaxy, the 31st object on the list, is known as M31'. Previous 5 Terms: Charge capacity Charge Controller Charge Factor Charge Rate Charged particle Next 5 Terms: chart datum chartreuse CHC Check dam Check structure About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.