Comments on: Happy Birthday, Charles Messier!

By: Dave Finton

Dave Finton — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:52:41 +0000

This article (and my reply post to it) is not a comet.

Too obscure?

Torbjorn Larsson OM — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:15:48 +0000

Captivating.

@ PB:

With that time death rate and subsequently family size, one can understand that naming was a messier affair.

But at a guess Charles got the short end of the stick, seeing how society felt about the royal houses at the time.

PolishBear — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:46:03 +0000

Charles Messier has a brother named HYACINTHE? That alone is enough to break out my collection of "Keeping Up Appearances" DVDs.