梅西耶星表 méi xī yē xīng biǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

CHARACTERS

梅 méi plums; prunes; surname
西 xī west(ern); westward, occident
耶 yē used in transliteration
星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light
表 biǎo show, express, manifest, display