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Who was the Astronomer who made a list of fuzzy looking objects that were not comets?
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Charles Messier. His list of "Messier objects" includes a host of galaxies and nebulae; the Great Andromeda Nebula is "M31", or the 31st item in his list.
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Is Andromeda galaxy or constellation?
Andromeda is a constellation, but because one of the best-known and most-photographed galaxies is M31, the "great nebula in Andromeda", the name is often used to refer to the galaxy. Charles Messier was a French astronomer who was a fanatic about comets. Most of his astronomical observations were done while hunting for comets. But there are a lot of faintly bright fuzzy things in the sky that are NOT comets, and Messier achieved lasting fame for his list of things that look like comets but are not comets. M31 is "item number 31" in Messier's list of fuzzy things that aren't comets.
Why is Charles messier such an important figure in the history of astronomy?
Charles Messier should not be all that important; the only things he cared about were comets. Messier built his own observatory specially to search for comets, but he kept discovering little fuzzy patches of light in the night sky that were NOT comets. So he made a little list of "Fuzzy things in the sky that aren't comets", and he numbered them so he would recognize them when he found them again. Later we learned that many of the "fuzzy things in the sky that aren't comets" were galaxies, and the Messier Catalog of galaxies and nebulae is one of the primary lists of deep space objects.
How do you find galaxies?
Look up in the sky with a good telescope, and find things that are too fuzzy-looking to be stars. Some of them are nebulas, and a few may be comets - but a lot of them are other galaxies.
Is mycelium the fuzzy visible mass on mold?
can be either fuzzy or ropy looking.
Objects appear fuzzy through a material that is?
Translucent material
What is visible in the sky as a fuzzy patch of light?
Comets, "nebulae", globular clusters, and galaxies could all fit that definition, as could a naked-eye view of the milky way.
Where do you get fuzzy underwear?
I will not speculate much on exactly what you mean by "fuzzy", but you might find what you're looking for from specialty stores like, say, Victoria's Secret or Frederick's of Hollywood.
Why does your brothers red fuzzy keep disappearing when you look for it?
because you are looking to hard or it is lost
What is messiers to contribution to astronomy?
Char Messier was a French "comet hunter"; comets were his primary point of interest, perhaps after observing the "great comet" of 1744. But he kept finding things that looked like comets but weren't, so he proceeded to compile a catalog of "fuzzy things in the sky that weren't comets". The Messier Catalog includes galaxies, nebulae and star clusters; all things that would have looked sort-of like comets through his late-1700's telescope.
If fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy why is he fuzzy wuzzy?
because fuzzy wazzy was fuzzy
When you call fuzzy set as fuzzy graph?
fuzzy graph is not a fuzzy set, but it is a fuzzy relation.
Was fuzzy wuzzy really fuzzy?
Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair, fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy was he.
