梅西葉星表 méi xī yè xīng biǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

CHARACTERS

梅 méi plums; prunes; surname
西 xī west(ern); westward, occident
葉 yè leaf, petal; page of book; period
星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light
表 biǎo show, express, manifest, display