Plaque de la rue Messier à Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du...

Plaque de la rue Messier à Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du 14eme arrondissement de Paris, in honor of the French astronomer Charles Messier (1730 - 1817). Indefatigable comet hunter, he discovered 16 of them between 1759 and 1801, and observed in total more than 40! In 1759 he was the first in France to see the comet which Edmond Halley had predicted to return in 1705. He is the author of a catalogue of Celestial nebulosites that remains the reference still today. Messier's catalogue, which originally contains 45 items, will be completed by Pierre Mechain. Today, this catalog contains the 110 easiest objects to observe. Rue Messier, street sign. Astronomer Charles Messier was a major contributor to the early study of comets and published a catalog of deep sky objects