梅西耶

Traditional form:

梅西耶

Pinyin (reading):

Méixīyē

Definitions:

• Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

Characters:

• 梅 - plum; prune; surname
• 西 - west, western, westward
• 耶 - used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 梅 - plum; prune; surname
• 西 - west, western, westward
• 耶 - used in transliterations