David Malin's astrophotos of Messier objects (original) (raw)

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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 fieldcaption]
• 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 [caption]
• M42, M43:AAT 19 (special), 3.9m AAT photo [caption];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 nebulaNGC 2438 supperimposed, 3.9-m AAT photo. [caption]
• M65:AAT 61 (special), 3.9-m AAT photo [caption]
• M 66:AAT 62 (special), 3.9-m AAT photo [caption]
• M65, M 66:AAT 103, 3.9-m AAT photo. The M66 group of galaxies [caption]
• M67:AAT 112, 3.9-m AAT photo [caption]
• M77:AAT-CCD 12, 3.9-m AAT image, MIT/Lincoln Labs CCD [caption]
• M78:AAT-CCD 17, 3.9-m AAT image, MIT/Lincoln Labs CCD [caption]
• 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 andb/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 andb/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) andb/w positive, 3.9-m AAT photo, showing a jetlike structure and a faint ring of matter - Inset shows conventional photo of M89 [caption]
• Messier 93:AAT 113, 3.9-m AAT photo [caption]
• M95:AAT 97 (special), 3.9-m AAT photo [caption]
• M100:AAT 58, 3.9-m AAT photo [caption];AAT 59, with companions, 3.9-m AAT photo [caption];special [caption];deep b/w negative with a conventional color image overlaid - andb/w positive and color negative [caption]
• M104:AAT 100, 3.9-m AAT photo [caption];AAT 100a (wide field) [caption];deep b/w negative with a conventional positive color image overlaid - anddeep 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

• 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.

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