Messier

Proper noun

 * , famously held by:
 * 1)  Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French  who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of  objects.
 * 2)   As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter.

Etymology
, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Messier (object)
 * 1)  Messier (object)