David Malin's astrophotos of Messier objects
The astronomical photographs below have been obtained by
David Malin of the
Australian Astronomical Observatory (former Anglo Australian Observatory).
See AAO usage policies.
Here you find:
- Colour Photographs from the 3.9m Anglo Australian Telescope (AAT)
- Colour Photographs from the 1.2m UK Schmidt Telescope (UKS)
- Colour Photographs from the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT)
- Colour Photographs from the Hale 5m Telescope
- Colour Photographs from the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt Telescope
- CCD images from the AAT
Also note our image index sorted by instrument
Images of Messier Objects
- M1:
CRAB, 5-m Palomar 3-color composite photo
[caption]
- special image
[caption];
CRAB_POL, the polarisation structure
of M1, 5-m Palomar false-color image
[caption]
- M4 with Antares and the Rho Oph dark cloud:
UKS 4, 1.2-m UKS color photo
[caption]
- M5:
AAT 70 (special), 3.9-m AAT color photo
[caption]
- M8:
AAT 31, 3.9m AAT photo, Hourglass Nebula
[caption];
UKS 5 (special), 1.2-m UKS color photo
[caption];
deep image (UKS) of the
Lagoon Nebula, contrast enhanced by unsharp masking techniques
[caption]
- M8, M20,
M21:
UKS 26, UKS 1.2-m color photo
[PNG,
caption];
UKS 26a, wider field
caption]
- M11:
AAT 90 (special), 3.9-m AAT color photo
[caption]
- M16:
AAT 18 (special), 3.9m AAT color photo
[caption];
AAT 18a, wide field, 3.9m AAT
[caption];
AAT 47 (special), dust lanes in M16,
3.9m AAT photo [caption]
- M17:
AAT 85 (special), 3.9-m AAT color photo
[caption];
AAT 85a, 3.9-m AAT wide field
[caption]
- M17, M18,
M24:
UKS 22, 1.2-m UKS color photo
[PNG,
caption]
- M20:
AAT 12 (special), 3.9m AAT photo
[caption];
AAT 12a, wide field, 3.9-m AAT
[caption];
AAT 30, star cluster in M20, 3.9m AAT photo
[caption];
AAT 69 (special), reflection
nebulosity around M20, 3.9-m AAT photo
[caption];
AAT 69a, wider field, 3.9-m AAT
[caption];
UKS 7, reflection nebula around M20,
1.2-m UKS color photo
[caption]
- M24, M17,
M18:
UKS 22, 1.2-m UKS color photo
[PNG,
caption]
- M27:
INT 11 (special), 2.5-m INT color photo
[caption]
- M31:
INT 1 (special), 2.5-m INT color photo
M31 nucleus (direct image)
[caption];
INT 2, M31 nucleus (unsharp mask)
[caption]
- M31, M32:
INT 3, M32 and part of M31 south of center,
2.5-m INT color photo
[caption]
- M31, M32,
M110:
caltech_M31. Widefield photograph of
M31 with M32 and M110
[caption]
- M33:
INT 5, M33's bright central regions,
2.5-m INT color photo
[caption];
INT 6, M33's faint outskirts,
2.5-m INT color photo
[caption];
special image
[caption]
- M42:
AAT 29,
the Trapezium star cluster in the Orion Nebula. 3.9m AAT photo.
[caption]
Trapezium Cluster, visible vs. IR
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- M42, M43:
AAT 19 (special), 3.9m AAT photo
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AAT 19a, wider field, 3.9m AAT
[caption];
AAT 19b, no unsharp mask, 3.9m AAT
[caption];
UKS 8, Messier 42, the Great Nebula in
Orion. 1.2m UKS photo.
[caption];
deep image, contrast enhanced,
1.2-m UKS photo [caption];
UKS 23, 1.2-m UKS photo.
Faint nebulosity near Orion and Horsehead Nebulae
[caption]
- M43:
M43 photo, 3.9m AAT
[caption]
- M45:
UKS 18 (special), 1.2m UKS photo
[caption;
labelled version with star names] -
UKS 18a, wider field,
1.2m UKS photo
[caption]
- M46:
AAT 107,
M46 (NGC 2437) open cluster with planetary nebula
NGC 2438 supperimposed, 3.9-m AAT photo.
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- M65:
AAT 61 (special), 3.9-m AAT photo
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- M 66:
AAT 62 (special), 3.9-m AAT photo
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- M65, M 66:
AAT 103, 3.9-m AAT photo. The
M66 group of galaxies
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- M67:
AAT 112, 3.9-m AAT photo
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- M77:
AAT-CCD 12, 3.9-m AAT image, MIT/Lincoln Labs CCD
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- M78:
AAT-CCD 17, 3.9-m AAT image, MIT/Lincoln Labs CCD
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- M83:
AAT 8 (special), 3.9m AAT photo
[caption];
AAT 8a (wide field view)
[caption];
AAT-CCD 1, 3.9-m AAT image, Tektronics CCD.
Around the nucleus
[caption]
- M84, M86:
UKS 24 (special), 1.2-m UKS photo.
Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
[caption];
deep b/w negative and
b/w positive image
[caption]
- M87:
AAT 53, M87 with globular clusters,
3.9m AAT photo;
AAT 60, giant elliptical M87, 3.9-m AAT photo
[caption];
deep b/w negative and
b/w positive
showing elongated shape of the outer parts and the distorted extended halo
[caption]
- M84, M86,
M87:
UKS 31 (special), 1.2-m UKS photo.
Central region of the Virgo Cluster
[caption]
- M89:
deep image (b/w negative) and
b/w positive, 3.9-m AAT photo,
showing a jetlike structure and a faint ring of matter -
Inset shows conventional photo of M89
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- Messier 93:
AAT 113, 3.9-m AAT photo
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- M95:
AAT 97 (special), 3.9-m AAT photo
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- M100:
AAT 58, 3.9-m AAT photo
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AAT 59, with companions, 3.9-m AAT photo
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special
[caption];
deep b/w negative with a
conventional color image overlaid - and
b/w positive and color negative
[caption]
- M104:
AAT 100, 3.9-m AAT photo
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AAT 100a (wide field)
[caption];
deep b/w negative with a conventional
positive color image overlaid - and
deep b/w positive with color negative
[caption]
- Milky Way:
AAT 28, central region, David Malin photo
[caption,
old version]
Some images of Non-Messier Objects
More photographs of the Australian Astronomical Observatory are available from their
internet web site.
Their image collection is also accessible
by ftp, and mirrored
at SEDS
(by permission of David Malin and the Australian Astronomical Observatory).
SEDS provides a
Guide Page to David Malin's Colour Photographs of Deep Sky Objects.
AAO Messier Object Photographs List! by David Malin
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
[contact]
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