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  1. Messier number: Wiktionary
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  3. messier number: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Messier number)

noun:  (astronomy) 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).

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