Messier Object Astronomy Pictures of the Day
Since June 16, 1995,
Robert Nemiroff,
Jerry Bonnell and Jay Norris
provide Astronomy Picture
of the Day (APOD), an online presentation of a selected astronomy
image, updated daily. Among these images are of course many Messier object
images - also see their
pictorial Messier
index and their search engine created
Messier list.
Below we list the result of an overall scan of the APOD images.
Please notify me of any errors and
omissions ..
M1:
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June 24 1995:
Gamma Ray Crab, Geminga (Compton GRO)
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July 25 1995:
M1: The Crab Nebula
(Univ. Oregon collection)
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November 22 1995:
M1: The Exploding Crab Nebula
(David Malin/Jay Pasachoff)
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November 23 1995:
M1: Polarization of the Crab
(David Malin/Jay Pasachoff)
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June 26 1996:
Happy Birthday Charles Messier:
M1 (NOAO)
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September 9 1996,
November 22 1998:
The High Energy Crab Nebula (UIT)
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February 7 1997,
February 8 1998:
M1: Filaments of the Crab Nebula
(S. Kohle/T. Credner)
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September 5 1998,
June 2 2001:
The Pulsar Powered Crab (HST, Hester/Scowen)
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September 29 1999:
The Crab Nebula in X-Rays
(Chandra X-ray Observatory)
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November 22 1999,
March 25 2001,
July 14 2002,
September 14 2003:
The Crab Nebula from VLT
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June 5 2000:
In the Heart of the Crab (HST)
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December 27 2001:
The Incredible Expanding Crab, animation by Adam Block
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September 22 2002:
The Crab Nebula Pulsar Shrugs (Jeff Hester, HST [STScI PR 02-24], CXO)
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January 10 2003:
The Crab that Played with the Planet (Jan 4-5 2003 crossing of Saturn,
Ron Wodaski)
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September 4 2003
March 26 2005:
Composite Crab (HST and CXO; Hester)
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January 28 2004:
The Crab Nebula from CFHT
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September 20 2005:
M1: The Crab Nebula from NOT
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December 02 2005:
Crab Nebula Mosaic from HST
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February 17 2008,
October 25 2009,
December 25 2011:
M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
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December 27 2008:
Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula
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May 23 2011:
An Unexpected Flare from the Crab Nebula
M2:
M3:
M4:
M5:
M6:
M7:
M8:
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January 27 1996:
M8: An Open Cluster in the Lagoon
(Univ. Oregon collection)
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August 20 1996:
A Close-Up of the Lagoon Nebula (HST)
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August 21 1996:
A Close-Up of the Lagoon's Hourglass (HST)
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October 24 1996:
Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula (G. Bernstein, U. Mich./CTIO)
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January 23 1997,
August 22 1998,
September 25 1999:
Twistin' by the Lagoon (HST)
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July 7 1998:
M8: The Lagoon Nebula (UKS)
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January 3 2001:
M8: In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula (Y. Kitahara)
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June 15 2001:
Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole; shows Mars with M8, M20, M21)
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August 20 2001,
October 6 2002:
The Lagoon Nebula in Three Colors (R. Barba, N. Morrell et al./UNLP, CTIO)
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March 4 2003:
In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula (HST)
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June 28 2003:
Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole), Mars with M8, M20, M21
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September 8 2003:
Stars and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula (Richard Crisp )
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August 16 2004:
Close-up of the Lagoon (CFHT)
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September 9 2004:
Sagittarius Triplet (M8, M20, M21, NGC 6559; R. Gendler)
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August 03 2005:
The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula
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February 10 2006:
M8: The Lagoon Nebula
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June 14 2006:
Sagittarius Triplet
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August 25 2006:
Blue Lagoon
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July 16 2007:
The Lagoon Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
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August 04 2007:
Sagittarius Triplet
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November 02 2007:
Three Nebulae in Narrow Band
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July 15 2008:
Gas and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula
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October 19 2008:
In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula
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July 22 2009:
The Lagoon Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
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October 06 2009:
The Lagoon Nebula from GigaGalaxy Zoom
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August 05 2010:
M8: The Lagoon Nebula
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October 02 2010:
Hubble's Lagoon
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May 11 2011:
The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon
M10:
M11:
M13:
M14:
M15:
M16:
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November 1 1995:
M16: Dust and an Open Cluster
(David Malin)
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November 6 1995:
M16: Stars Upon Pillars (HST)
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November 7 1995:
Eagle EGGs in M16 (HST)
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January 18 1997:
M16: Nebula With Star Cluster
(David Malin)
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January 19 1997:
From Eagle's EGGs A Star Is Born (HST)
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July 18 1997:
Blue Stars and Red Pillars (P. Challis, FLWO)
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July 30 1997:
Eagle Castle (P. Challis, FLWO)
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February 28 1998,
April 2 2000,
August 12 2001:
Eagle EGGs in M16 (HST)
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April 12 1998,
May 2 1999,
September 24 2000,
November 25 2001,
October 26 2003:
Stars from Eagle's EGGs (HST)
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September 14 2001:
Cold Dust in the Eagle Nebula (ESO)
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January 3 2002:
M16: Stars, Pillars, and the Eagle's EGGs (ESO)
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January 4 2002:
M16: Infrared Star Hunt (ESO)
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June 11 2002:
Inside the Eagle Nebula (KPNO)
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February 13 2003:
The Eagle Nebula from CFHT
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September 21 2003:
Inside the Eagle Nebula (NOAO)
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October 24 2004:
Inside the Eagle Nebula (NOAO)
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April 24 2005:
M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs
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April 25 2005:
The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
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February 26 2006:
Inside the Eagle Nebula
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October 22 2006:
Star EGGs in the Eagle Nebula
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January 11 2007:
The Eagle Nebula in Infrared
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February 18 2007:
M16: Pillars of Creation
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February 24 2007:
X-rays and the Eagle Nebula
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December 09 2007:
The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
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February 27 2008:
The Eagle Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur
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July 19 2008:
M16 and the Eagle Nebula
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February 08 2009:
Inside the Eagle Nebula
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July 10 2009:
The Pillars of Eagle Castle
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March 28 2010:
M16: Pillars of Creation
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August 21 2011:
The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
M17:
M18:
M19:
M20:
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July 23 1995:
M20: The Trifid Nebula
(Hopkins Observatory, Karen Gloria; Univ. of Oregon collection)
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December 21 1995:
Hot Stars in the Trifid Nebula
(David Malin)
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August 28 1997:
Infrared Trifid (ISO)
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December 8 1997:
The Trifid Nebula in Red, White and Blue (Jason Ware)
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March 31 1998:
M20: The Trifid Nebula (David Malin)
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August 28 1998:
Hydrogen Trifid (David McDavid, Limber Observatory)
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June 7 1999:
Starbirth in the Trifid Nebula (HST)
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June 8 1999,
December 30 2001,
December 28 2003:
Trifid Pillars & Jets (HST)
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March 28 2000:
M20: The Trifid Nebula (KPNO 4-meter by Todd Boroson, AURA, NOAO)
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June 15 2001:
Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole; shows Mars with M8, M20, M21))
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December 28 2001:
Starlight Reflections (Robert Gendler; M20, M78, Merope in M45, others)
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April 24 2002:
The Trifid Nebula from AAO
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June 26 2002:
In the Center of the Trifid Nebula (Gemini)
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June 28 2003:
Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole), Mars with M8, M20, M21
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September 1 2003:
A Beautiful Trifid (AOP)
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June 18 2004:
The Trifid Nebula from Hubble (STScI 2004-17)
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September 9 2004:
Sagittarius Triplet (M8, M20, M21, NGC 6559; R. Gendler)
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January 13 2005:
Infrared Trifid
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May 26 2005:
A Beautiful Trifid
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May 31 2005:
The Trifid Nebula from CFHT
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June 14 2006:
Sagittarius Triplet
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July 07 2007:
Infrared Trifid
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August 04 2007:
Sagittarius Triplet
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August 13 2007:
The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust
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November 02 2007:
Three Nebulae in Narrow Band
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December 26 2007:
Trifid Pillars and Jets
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June 30 2008:
In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
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May 30 2009:
A Beautiful Trifid
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July 07 2009:
The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust
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July 28 2010:
The Trifid Nebula is Stars and Dust
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May 13 2011:
A Beautiful Trifid
M21:
M22:
M24:
M25:
M27:
M31:
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July 24 1995,
October 9 1996,
November 1 1997;
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (Jason Ware)
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November 14 1999:
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
(Jason Ware; improved version)
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December 31 1995:
The X-ray Sources of M31 (Rosat)
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April 6 1996:
Andromeda Nebula: Var!
(E. Hubble's Cepheid discovery; Mt. Wilson Observatory Historical Archive)
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April 26 1996,
October 17 1998:
A Giant Globular Cluster in M31 (HST)
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October 11 1996:
The Double Nucleus of M31 (HST)
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April 1 1997:
Hale-Bopp and Andromeda
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November 25 1997,
March 14 1999:
The Comet and the Galaxy (J. C. Casado)
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April 2 1999:
Stars of NGC 206 (FLWO)
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January 21 2000:
X For Andromeda (M31 by Chandra)
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September 8 2000,
May 18, 2002:
Andromeda Island Universe (Robert Gendler)
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September 17 2001:
Southwest Andromeda (Subaru)
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October 21 2002,
July 18 2004:
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (Robert Gendler)
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May 19 2003:
The Andromeda Deep Field (Halo of M31, STScI PR 2003-15)
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August 2 2003:
Island Universe, Cosmic Sand (M31 and Perseid meteor)
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December 22 2003:
The Andromeda Galaxy from GALEX
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January 31 2004:
A Galaxy is not a Comet (J. C. Casado, with Comet Ikeya-Zhang)
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December 27 2004:
Andromeda's Core (Robert Gendler)
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October 20 2005:
The Andromeda Galaxy in Infrared
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December 22 2005:
Andromeda Island Universe
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June 09 2006:
Infrared Andromeda
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August 13 2006:
The Comet and the Galaxy
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November 26 2006:
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
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December 28 2006:
Moon Over Andromeda
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July 21 2007:
Infrared Andromeda
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January 24 2008:
Andromeda Island Universe
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May 10 2009:
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
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September 17 2009:
Ultraviolet Andromeda
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January 09 2010:
Andromeda Island Universe
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October 27 2010:
Ultraviolet Andromeda
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January 20 2011:
The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
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July 01 2011:
VAR!
M32 (also see M31):
M33:
M34:
M35:
M38:
M39:
M42:
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July 3 1995:
The Great Nebula in Orion
(HST 1994)
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September 11 1995:
Proplyds: Infant Solar Systems
(HST 1994)
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November 21 1995:
M42: Orion Nebula Mosaic (HST 1995)
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December 7 1996:
Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion
(HST 1995)
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January 16 1997:
Trapezium: Teardrops in My Skies
(HST 1997)
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May 11 1997,
May 22 1999:
M42: A Mosaic of Orion's Great Nebula
(HST 1995)
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May 23 1997,
May 6 2000:
The Heart Of Orion (HST)
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November 18 1997,
March 2 2003:
In the Center of the Trapezium
(HST 1997)
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January 27 1998:
The Great Nebula in Orion
(Jason Ware)
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April 21 1998:
Water in Orion (David Malin)
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June 12 1998,
April 20 2002:
Orion Nebula: The 2MASS
View (2MASS)
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July 31 1998:
IRAS Orion
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February 2 1999:
The Orion Nebula from Subaru
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March 2 1999:
The Kleinmann-Low Nebula (Subaru 8.3-m)
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September 24 1999:
Cometary Globules In Orion (IRAS)
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February 4 2000:
X-Ray Stars Of Orion (Chandra)
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March 31 2000:
Free-Floating Planets In Orion (UKIRT)
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August 30 2000:
The Brown Dwarfs of Orion's Trapezium (NICMOS/HST)
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November 22 2000:
The Orion Nebula in Hydrogen (Robert Gendler)
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January 30 2001:
The Orion Nebula from VLT
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May 4 2001:
Protoplanetary Survivors in Orion (HST PR01-13)
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February 13 2002:
The Great Nebula in Orion [M42/43] (Robert Gendler)
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March 13 2002,
November 15 2003:
LL Orionis: When Cosmic Winds Collide (HST PRC02-05)
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May 30 2002:
Orion Nebulosities (Emmanuel Mallart): M42, M43, Horsehead, &c
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December 20 2002:
Colorful Clouds of Orion [M42/43, NGC 1973-5-7] (R Gendler)
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February 25 2003:
M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula (J.P. Gleason; with M43)
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January 15 2004:
An Orion Deep Field (Robert Gendler; M42/43 with Horesehead Nebula region)
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March 15 2004:
The Orion Nebula from CFHT
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March 25 2004:
An Orion of a Different Color (Russell Croman)
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July 13 2004:
Orion Nabula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur (ESO)
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September 27 2004:
The Great Nebula in Orion (Stefan Seip)
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January 06 2005:
UKIRT: Aloha Orion
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May 19 2005:
X-Ray Stars in the Orion Nebula
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July 10 2005:
In the Center of the Trapezium
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September 18 2005:
M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula
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January 19 2006:
Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
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January 20 2006:
LL Ori and the Orion Nebula
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August 18 2006:
Spitzer's Orion
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October 15 2006:
An Orion Deep Field
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November 20 2006:
M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula
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January 06 2007:
The Orion Deep Field
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January 25 2007:
Orion's Cradle
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March 26 2007:
Bullet Pillars in Orion
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October 06 2007:
X-Ray Stars of Orion
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April 08 2008:
Southern Orion: From Belt to Witch -
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October 23 2008:
Great Orion Nebulae
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February 22 2009:
Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
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February 24 2009:
Barnard's Loop around the Horsehead Nebula
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March 10 2009:
Horsehead and Orion Nebulae
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August 26 2009:
Classic Orion Nebulae
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September 29 2009:
Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars
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October 02 2009:
Comet and Orion
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December 22 2009:
Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion
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April 10 2010:
Spitzer's Orion
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October 05 2010:
Horsehead and Orion Nebulas
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September 13 2011:
Great Orion Nebulae
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September 17 2011:
Spitzer's Orion
M43 (see also M42 above):
M44:
M45:
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June 20 1995:
The Pleiades Star Cluster (Mt. Wilson)
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September 3 1996,
October 18 1997,
October 25 1998,
February 27 2000,
May 6 2001,
December 1 2002:
The Pleiades Star Cluster
(David Malin)
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March 18 1997,
April 5 1998,
August 28 1999:
X-Ray Pleiades (Rosat)
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March 1 1999:
Reflection Nebula NGC 1435 (Yuugi Kitahara)
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May 24 2000:
Pleiades, Planets, And Hot Plasma (near Sun; SOHO)
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December 6 2000:
Reflecting Merope (IC 349; HST)
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March 22 2001:
Jupiter, Saturn and Messier 45 (Ken Webb) - also
Messier Marathon
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December 28 2001:
Starlight Reflections (Robert Gendler; M20, M78, Merope in M45, others)
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December 27 2003:
The Pleiades Star Cluster (Robert Gendler)
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April 15 2004:
Venus and the Pleiades
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January 03 2005:
The Pleiades Star Cluster
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January 11 2005:
Machholz Meets the Pleiades
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April 14 2005:
April's Moon and the Pleiades
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January 09 2006:
M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
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June 29 2006:
Old Moon and Sister Stars
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July 15 2006:
Reflecting Merope
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April 13 2007:
Seven Dusty Sisters
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June 11 2007:
The Merope Reflection Nebula
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November 18 2007:
M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
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November 22 2007:
Pleiades and Stardust
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December 09 2008:
M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
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April 30 2009:
Framed by Clouds
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October 14 2009:
Pleiades and Stardust
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November 03 2009:
Seven Sisters Versus California
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November 18 2010:
Sisters of the Dusty Sky
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September 21 2011:
Pleiades Deep Field
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November 17 2011:
Pleiades to Hyades
M46:
M47:
M50:
M51:
M52:
M55:
M57:
M61:
M63:
M64:
M65:
M66:
M67:
M72:
M74:
M76:
M77:
M78:
M79:
M80:
M81:
M82:
M83:
M84:
M86:
M87:
M88:
M89:
M90:
M91:
M94:
M95:
M96:
M97:
M100:
M101:
M102:
M103:
M104:
M105:
M106:
M110 (also see M31):
Charles Messier:
The Messier Marathon:
Messier Craters on the Moon:
Galactic Center:
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November 11 1997,
September 11 1999,
December 29 2001:
The Annotated Galactic Center
(Bill Keel, Univ. Alabama)
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January 28, 1999:
The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery (VLA/NRAO)
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June 21 1999,
July 8, 2001:
The Galactic Center in Infrared (2MASS)
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January 20 2000:
X-Rays From The Galactic Center (CXO)
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April 22 2000:
Journey to the Center of the Galaxy (MSX, Midcourse Space Experiment IR pic)
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June 29 2000:
Galactic Centre Starscape (ISO)
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July 5 2000:
The Galactic Center Across the Infrared (2MASS)
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October 17 2000:
Gemini North Images Bow Shock Near Galactic Center (Gemini/AURA)
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December 20 2000:
Sgr A*: Fast Stars Near the Galactic Center (ESO)
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January 10 2002:
X-Ray Milky Way (Chandra)
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May 21 2002:
The Galactic Center Radio Arc (NRAO)
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August 3 2002:
The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery (VLA)
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September 23 2002:
The Milky Way Over the French Alps (Marc Sylvestre)
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October 18 2002:
At the Center of the Milky Way (ESO)
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October 25 2002:
Journey to the Center of the Galaxy (MSX, Midcourse Space Experiment IR pic)
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January 8 2003:
X-Rays from the Galactic Core (Chandra)
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July 12 2003:
X-Ray Milky Way (Chandra)
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September 7 2003:
The Galactic Center in Infrared (2MASS)
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September 28 2003:
Our Galaxy in Stars, Gas, and Dust (John P. Gleason, Steve Mandel)
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January 28 2005:
The Swarm
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April 03 2005:
The Galactic Centre Radio Arc
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October 04 2005:
The Milky Way in Stars and Dust
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October 23 2005:
At the Center of the Milky Way
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January 13 2006:
Stars of the Galactic Center
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July 16 2006:
The Galactic Center in Infrared
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July 29 2006:
The Swarm
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August 10 2006:
Galactic Center Star Clusters
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January 14 2007:
Sgr A*: Fast Stars Near the Galactic Center
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February 10 2007:
Stars of the Galactic Center
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November 12 2007:
Cosmic Rays from Galactic Centers
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December 11 2008:
At the Center of the Milky Way
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January 07 2009:
The Galactic Core in Infrared
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May 19 2009:
Sagittarius and the Central Milky Way
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June 14 2009:
Stars at the Galactic Center
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November 11 2009:
Great Observatories Explore Galactic Center
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May 30 2010:
The Galactic Center in Infrared from 2MASS
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August 31 2010:
The Annotated Galactic Center
Milky Way (our Galaxy):
Virgo Cluster of Galaxies:
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
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