AURA/NOAO Images of Messier Objects

These images were obtained from the facilities of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA)'s National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO), notably Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO). All these images are copyrighted © AURA/NOAO.

For more images, see the NOAO Image Gallery.
Also note our Index of NOAO Images of Messier Objects and their Messier Object index.

M1: M1 KPNO/4-m Mayall image [caption]; M1 pulsar, KPNO/4-m Mayall [caption]
M2: M2 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M3: M3 KPNO 4-m photo [caption]; Burrell Schmidt color CCD image [caption]
M4: M4 CCD color image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M5: M5 photo, KPNO 4-m Mayall [caption]
M6: M6 color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M7: M7 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M9: M9 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M10: M10 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M12: M12 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M14: M14 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M15: M15 photograph, KPNO 4-m Mayall [caption] M15 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M18: M18 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M19: M19 image, 0.9-m KPNO [caption]
M20/M21: M20 and M21 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M21: M21 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M22: M22 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M23: M23 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M24: M24 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M25: M25 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M26: M26 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M27: M27 KPNO image [caption]
M28: M28 CCD color image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M29: M29 CCD color image, KPNO 2.1-m [caption]
M30: M30 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M32: M32 KPNO/Mayall 4-m image [caption]
M34: M34 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M35: M35 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M36: M36 CCD color image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M38: M38 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M39: M39 color CCD image, WIYN 0.9-m [caption]
M40: M40 KPNO 0.9-m CCD color image [caption]
M41: M41 color CCD image, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]
M42/M43: M42 color photo, KPNO 4-m Mayall [Hi-res version, caption], older M42 representation (KPNO) [caption]
M43: M43 color photo, KPNO 4-m Mayall [caption], older M43 KPNO color image [caption], M43 color CCD pic, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M44: M44 color CCD image, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]
M45: M45 KPNO 0.9-m b/w image [caption], M45 KPNO 4-m Mayall b/w image [caption]
Merope: Merope 4-m KPNO/Mayall image [caption], Merope KPNO Burrell-Schmidt color CCD image
M47: M47 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M48: M48 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M49: M49 b/w image, KPNO 4-m Mayall [caption]; M49 CCD color image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M51: M51 images with various KPNO telescopes
M52: M52 CCD color image, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]; M52 region, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]
M54: M54 CCD color image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M55: M55 color CCD image, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]
M56: M56 CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M57: Various KPNO images taken with different instruments
M58: M58 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M59: M59 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M63: M63 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M64: M64 b/w photo, KPNO 4-m Mayall [caption]; M64 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M65: M65 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M66: M66 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M65/M66: M65/M66 wide-field color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M67: M67 KPNO/Mayall 4-m image, M67 Burrell/Schmidt color image [Caption for both images]
M68: M68 NOAO color image [caption]
M69: M69 CCD color image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M70: M70 color CCD image [caption]
M73: M73 color CCD image [caption]
M74: M74 KPNO 4-m image [caption]; M74 KPNO 0.9-m color image [caption]
M75: M75 KPNO 0.9-m color image [caption]
M77: M77 color CCD image [caption]
M78: M78 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M79: M79 CCD image [caption]
M80: M80 KPNO 0.9-m image [caption]
M83: M83 photo, KPNO/Mayall 4-m [caption]
M84: M84 photo, KPNO/Mayall 4-m [caption]; M84 CCD image [caption]
M84/M86: M84/M86 region photo, KPNO/Mayall 4-m [caption]
M84 / M86 / M87: Wide-field color CCD, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M85: M85 color CCD image [caption]
M86: M86 photo, KPNO/Mayall 4-m [caption]
M87: M87 image with globular clusters, KPNO/Mayall 4-m [caption] M87 montage: Jet pic inserted, KPNO/Mayall 4-m [caption]
M88: M88 CCD image, 0.9-m KPNO telescope [caption]
M89: M89 CCD image, 0.9-m KPNO telescope [caption]
M93: M93 CCD image, Burrell Schmidt telescope [caption]
M97: M97 CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m telescope [caption]; M97 false-color image, Burrell Schmidt telescope [caption]
M98: M98 CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m telescope [caption]
M99: M99 CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m telescope [caption]
M100: M100 CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m telescope [caption]
M101: M101 images with various KPNO telescopes
M102/NGC 5866: M102/NGC 5866 KPNO 0.9-m image [caption]
M103: M103 BVR image, KPNO 2.1m telescope [hi-res, caption]
M105: M105 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [caption]
M106: M106 color CCD image, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]
M107: M107 CCD image [caption]
M108: M108 0.9-m CCD color image [caption]
M109: M109 0.9-m CCD color image [caption]
M110: M110 0.9-m CCD color image [caption]

Non-Messier object images:

Also note the WIYN images of Messier objects (WIYN is situated on Kitt Peak and also managed partly by NOAO), the Gemini images of Messier objects (Gemini is also managed by NOAO), and the Messier object images from the Advanced Observing Program (AOP) of the KPNO Visitor Center.

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Last Modification: February 15, 2013