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Messier numbers

Messier numbers is the plural of Messier number.

Meaning of Messier number

Noun

Messier number (plural Messier numbers)

  1. A catalogue number used to identify any one of more than one hundred galaxies, nebulae, and other deep-sky objects visible in the night sky; the designation formed by the surname Messier or letter M being prepended to the number, as in Messier 31 or M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy).

Questions about Messier numbers

What is Messier numbers the plural of?
Messier numbers is the plural of Messier number.

Words near Messier numbers in the dictionary

  1. Messicks
  2. Messidor
  3. Messidors
  4. messier
  5. Messier number
  6. Messier numbers
  7. Messierian
  8. messiest
  9. messieurs
  10. messily
  11. messin

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