- [[2023-01-15 14:14:59+00:00]] @[[flancian@social.coop]] https://social.coop/@flancian/109693639039306236:
  - <p>TIL that the catalogue containing the well-known [[Messier objects]] was started because the researcher was actively *not* interested in them, which I find funny.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messie</span><span class="invisible">r_object</span></a></p><p>&gt; Because [[Messier]] was only interested in finding comets, he created a list of those non-comet [[objects]] that frustrated his hunt for them. The compilation of this list, in collaboration with his assistant Pierre Méchain, is known as the [[Messier catalogue]].</p>