David Malin's astrophotos of Messier objects (original) (raw)
Also note our image index sorted by object
Colour Photographs from the 3.9m Anglo Australian Telescope (AAT)
- AAT 8. A spiral galaxy, Messier 83, (NGC 5236) [caption]
AAT 8a. The spiral galaxy, Messier 83, NGC 5236 (wide field view) [caption] - AAT 12. The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius, M20 [caption]
AAT 12a. The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius, Messier 20 (wide field, landscape format) [caption] - AAT 18. The emission nebula M 16, NGC 6611 [caption]
AAT 18a. The emission nebula Messier 20 (wide field) [caption] - AAT 19. The Orion Nebula, M42, and M43 [caption]
AAT 19a. The Orion Nebula, M42, and M43. (wide field view) [caption]
AAT 19b. The Orion Nebula, M42, and M43. (no unsharp mask) [caption] - AAT 28. Wide angle pic of the southern Milky Way [caption, old version]
- AAT 29. The Trapezium stars in the Orion Nebula [PNG,caption]
- AAT 30. The stars that excite the Trifid Nebula
- AAT 31. The Hourglass Nebula in Messier 8
- AAT 47. The dust lanes in Messier 16 [caption]
- AAT 53. Messier 87 and its globular clusters
- AAT 58. M 100 (NGC 4321) in the Virgo cluster
- AAT 59. M 100 and its dwarf companions
- AAT 60. A giant elliptical galaxy, M 87 [caption]
- AAT 61. M 65 (NGC 3623) spiral galaxy in Leo [caption]
- AAT 62. M 66 (NGC 3627) spiral galaxy in Leo [caption]
- AAT 69. Reflection nebulosity around M 20 [caption]
AAT 69a. Reflection nebulosity around the Trifid Nebula (wide field, landscape format) [caption] - AAT 70. Star colours in the Globular cluster M5 [caption]
- AAT 85. NGC 6618, the emission nebula Messier 17 [caption];AAT 85a. Wide field view M17, NGC 6618 [caption]
- AAT 90. NGC 6705, a young open cluster, Messier 11 [caption]
- AAT 97. NGC 3351, M95, a barred spiral galaxy in Leo [caption]
- AAT 100. Messier 104, the Sombrero galaxy, NGC 4594 [caption]
AAT 100a. Messier 104, the Sombrero galaxy (wide field, landscape format) [caption] - AAT 103. The M66 group of galaxies in Leo [caption]
- AAT 107. NGC 2437-8, M46, planetary nebula in open cluster [caption]
- AAT 112. Messier 67, NGC 2682, an open cluster [caption]
- AAT 113. Messier 93, NGC 2447, an open cluster [caption]
Colour Photographs from the 1.2m UK Schmidt Telescope (UKS)
- UKS 4. Antares and the Rho Oph dark cloud
- UKS 5. The Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 [caption]
- UKS 7. The reflection nebula around Messier 20
- UKS 8. Messier 42, the Great Nebula in Orion [PNG,caption]
- UKS 18. The Pleiades reflection nebula [caption;labelled version with star names]
UKS 18a. Wider field version of the Pleiades image. [caption] - UKS 22. The Milky Way south of Messier 17 [also with M18 and M24.PNG,caption]
- UKS 23. Faint nebulosity near Orion and Horsehead Nebulae
- UKS 24. M 84 and M 86 in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies [caption]
- UKS 26. Between the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae [also with M18.PNG,caption]
UKS 26a. Between the Trifid and Lagoon nebulaecaption] - UKS 31. M 84, M 86 and M 87 region of the Virgo Cluster [caption]
Colour Photographs from the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT)
- INT 1. M31 nucleus (direct image) [caption]
- INT 2. M31 nucleus (unsharp mask)
- INT 3. M32 and part of M31, south of center
- INT 5. The bright central regions of M33
- INT 6. The faint outskirts of M33
- INT 11. Messier 27, a planetary nebula [caption]
Colour Photographs from the Hale 5m Telescope
- CRAB. Messier 1, the Crab nebula
- CRAB_POL. The polarisation structure of the Crab nebula
Colour Photographs from the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt Telescope
- caltech_M31. Widefield photograph of M31 [caption]
CCD images from the AAT
- AAT-CCD 1. Around the nucleus of M83 (NGC 5236). Tektronics CCD. [caption]
- AAT-CCD 12. M77 (NGC 1068), A spiral galaxy with faint outer ring. MIT/Lincoln Labs CCD [caption]
- AAT-CCD 17. Part of M78, NGC 2068 in Orion. MIT/Lincoln Labs CCD [caption]
More Images by David Malin
The following images are results of special photographic techniques developed by David Malin (AAO). These techniques are described online in David Malin's webpages; you can find (most of) these images at theAAO image archive web site, where you can also find images of non-Messier deep sky objects:
- M84 and M86 with several fainter NGC galaxies in Virgo Cluster:deep b/w negative image; b/w positive [caption].
- M87: deep image (b/w negative) showing elongated shape of the outer parts and the distorted extended halo;b/w positive [caption]
- M89: deep image (b/w negative), showing a jetlike structure and a faint ring of matter; b/w positive. Inset shows conventional photo of M89 [caption]
- M100:deep b/w negative with a conventional color image overlaid; b/w positive and color negative [caption]
- M104:deep b/w negative with a conventional positive color image overlaid,deep b/w positive with color negative [caption]
- Trapezium Cluster in the heart of theOrion Nebula M42, visible light compared to IR [caption].
- M42 and M43:deep image, contrast enhanced by David Malin's revolutionary unsharp masking techniques [caption].
- M8: deep image of the Lagoon Nebula, contrast enhanced by unsharp masking techniques [caption].
Special images provided by David Malin for these pages
Thanks to David Malin, who generously made them available, we can proudly present the following images in our database:
- M1:M1 small jpg,large jpg andpng image [caption]
- M5:M5 small jpg,large jpg andpng image [caption]
- M8:M8 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M11:M11 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M16:M16 Full View small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption];M16 Central Part small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M17:M17 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M20:M20 Full View small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption];M20 Deeper Photo small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M27:M27 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M31:M31 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M33:M33 small and large jpg and png iimage [caption]
- M42:M42 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M43:M43 small and large jpg andpng image [caption]
- M45:M45 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M65:M65 small and large jpg andpng image [caption]
- M66:M66 small and large jpg andpng image [caption]
- M83:M83 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M84 and M86:M84 & M86 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M87:M87 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M87 and Markarian's Chain (with M84, M86):M87 etc. small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M95:M95 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M100:M100 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
- M104:M104 small andlarge jpg andpng image [caption]
Some images of Non-Messier Objects
- NGC 104, 47 Tucanae:AAT 76: AAT image
- NGC 253:AAT 23: AAT image
- NGC 292, SMC, the Small Magellanic Cloud:UKS 17: UKS image
- NGC 891:INT 4: INT image
- NGC 2070, 30 Doradus:AAT 44: AAT image
- NGC 2244 and NGC 2237-9,46:UKS 9: UKS image
- NGC 2264:AAT 13: AAT image
- NGC 2438:AAT color image
- NGC 3293:AAT 10: AAT image
- NGC 3372:UKS 6: UKS image
- NGC 3628:AAT 63: AAT image
- NGC 4755:AAT 25: AAT image
- NGC 5128, Centaurus A:AAT 7: AAT image
- NGC 5139, Omega Centauri:AAT 89: AAT image
- NGC 6231:AAT 104: AAT image
- NGC 6242:AAT 114: AAT image
- NGC 6822:AAT 26: AAT image
- NGC 7293:AAT 15: AAT image
- IC 2391:b/w image from the AAT
- IC 5152:AAT 43: AAT image
- Barnard 33, the Horsehead Nebula:AAT 36: AAT image
- Coalsack dark nebula in Crux:David Malin Photo
- Leo 1 local group galaxy:AAT 51: AAT image
- LMC, the Large Magellanic Cloud:UKS 14: UKS image
- Sculptor Group of Galaxies:Montage of 3 AAT photos More photographs of the Australian Astronomical Observatory are available from their internet web site. SEDS provides a Guide Page to David Malin's Colour Photographs of Deep Sky Objects.
