Messier Object Astronomy Pictures of the Day (original) (raw)

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 theirpictorial Messier index and their search engine createdMessier list. Below we list the result of an overall scan of the APOD images.

Please notify me of any errors and omissions ..

M1:

June 24 1995: Gamma Ray Crab, Geminga (Compton GRO)
July 25 1995:M1: The Crab Nebula (Univ. Oregon collection)
November 22 1995:M1: The Exploding Crab Nebula (David Malin/Jay Pasachoff)
November 23 1995:M1: Polarization of the Crab (David Malin/Jay Pasachoff)
June 26 1996:Happy Birthday Charles Messier: M1 (NOAO)
September 9 1996,November 22 1998:The High Energy Crab Nebula (UIT)
February 7 1997,February 8 1998:M1: Filaments of the Crab Nebula (S. Kohle/T. Credner)
September 5 1998,June 2 2001:The Pulsar Powered Crab (HST, Hester/Scowen)
September 29 1999:The Crab Nebula in X-Rays (Chandra X-ray Observatory)
November 22 1999,March 25 2001,July 14 2002,September 14 2003:The Crab Nebula from VLT
June 5 2000:In the Heart of the Crab (HST)
December 27 2001: The Incredible Expanding Crab, animation by Adam Block
September 22 2002: The Crab Nebula Pulsar Shrugs (Jeff Hester, HST [STScI PR 02-24], CXO)
January 10 2003: The Crab that Played with the Planet (Jan 4-5 2003 crossing of Saturn, Ron Wodaski)
September 4 2003: Composite Crab (HST and CXO; Hester)
January 28 2004: The Crab Nebula from CFHT M2:
June 11 2001:Globular Cluster M2 (KPNO/NOAO) M3:
December 6 1996,July 19 1998:Globular Cluster M3 (P. Challis, FLWO)
September 17 1999: M3: Half a Million Stars (Barbara Mochejska, Univ. Warsaw)
September 15 2003:Globular Cluster M3 (WIYN)
October 12 2004: M3: Inconstant Star Cluster (Harvard CfA) M4:
September 10 1995,November 2 1997,September 10 2000:White Dwarf Stars Cool (HST)
March 12 1996:The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi (David Malin)
September 22 1997,May 21 2000,May 9 2004:Antares and Rho Ophiuchi (David Malin)
May 23 2000: M4: The Closest Known Globular Cluster (KPNO)
June 2 2004: The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi (AOP) M5:
October 19 1995:Globular Cluster M5 (David Malin) M6:
January 6 1999:M6: The Butterfly Cluster (KPNO) M7:
April 5 2000,May 5 2002, February 22 2004:The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius (KPNO) M8:
January 27 1996:M8: An Open Cluster in the Lagoon (Univ. Oregon collection)
August 20 1996: A Close-Up of the Lagoon Nebula (HST)
August 21 1996: A Close-Up of the Lagoon's Hourglass (HST)
October 24 1996: Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula (G. Bernstein, U. Mich./CTIO)
January 23 1997,August 22 1998,September 25 1999:Twistin' by the Lagoon (HST)
July 7 1998:M8: The Lagoon Nebula (UKS)
January 3 2001: M8: In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula (Y. Kitahara)
June 15 2001: Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole; shows Mars with M8, M20, M21)
August 20 2001,October 6 2002: The Lagoon Nebula in Three Colors (R. Barba, N. Morrell et al./UNLP, CTIO)
March 4 2003: In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula (HST)
June 28 2003: Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole), Mars with M8, M20, M21
September 8 2003: Stars and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula (Richard Crisp )
August 16 2004: Close-up of the Lagoon (CFHT)
September 9 2004: Sagittarius Triplet (M8, M20, M21, NGC 6559; R. Gendler) M10:
March 12 1999,June 30 2001: Hydrogen, Helium, and the Stars of M10 (Credner/Kohle) M11:
January 16 1996,October 22 2000:Wild Duck Open Cluster M11 (David Malin)
January 22 2003: M11: The Wild Duck Cluster (CFHT) M13:
August 19 1998: M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
January 23 2000:A Message From Earth, sent to M13 (Frank Drake/Arecibo)
March 1 2000: M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (Yuugi Kitahara)
May 11 2004: M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (Eddie Guscott) M14:
November 12 1996: Comet Hale-Bopp Passes M14 (D. Hanon) M15:
July 26 1995:M15: A Great Globular Cluster (FLWO image/Univ. Oregon collection)
November 20 1995,January 17 1996:At the Core of M15 (HST)
August 4 2000:M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster (HST, STScI PRC 00-25)
September 20 2001: X-Ray Stars in M15 (Chandra, LHEA)
December 10 2001: Globular Cluster M15 (WIYN) M16:
November 1 1995:M16: Dust and an Open Cluster (David Malin)
November 6 1995:M16: Stars Upon Pillars (HST)
November 7 1995:Eagle EGGs in M16 (HST)
January 18 1997:M16: Nebula With Star Cluster (David Malin)
January 19 1997: From Eagle's EGGs A Star Is Born (HST)
July 18 1997: Blue Stars and Red Pillars (P. Challis, FLWO)
July 30 1997: Eagle Castle (P. Challis, FLWO)
February 28 1998,April 2 2000,August 12 2001:Eagle EGGs in M16 (HST)
April 12 1998,May 2 1999,September 24 2000,November 25 2001,October 26 2003:Stars from Eagle's EGGs (HST)
September 14 2001: Cold Dust in the Eagle Nebula (ESO)
January 3 2002: M16: Stars, Pillars, and the Eagle's EGGs (ESO)
January 4 2002: M16: Infrared Star Hunt (ESO)
June 11 2002: Inside the Eagle Nebula (KPNO)
February 13 2003: The Eagle Nebula from CFHT
September 21 2003: Inside the Eagle Nebula (NOAO)
October 24 2004: Inside the Eagle Nebula (NOAO) M17:
August 29 1996:M17: The Majestic Swan Nebula (B. Wallis/R. Provin)
January 26 1999,December 11 2000: M17: The Omega Nebula/Composing the Omega Nebula (Todd Boroson/K.M. Merrill, KPNO)
September 19 2000: M17: Omega Nebula Star Factory (ESO NTT)
May 1 2002: In the Center of the Omega Nebula (HST PR02-11/PRC02-11c)
September 18 2002: A Sagittarius Starscape (M17, M18, M24; UKS 22, David Malin)
December 10 2002: M17: Omega Nebula Star Factory (CFHT)
April 25 2003,August 28 2004:M17: A Hubble Close-Up (HST PRC 2003-13)
August 11 2003: Elements of the Swan Nebula (Russell Croman)
August 21 2003: M17 in X-rays (Chandra)
February 8 2004:In the Center of the Omega Nebula (HST PR 2002-11) M18:
September 18 2002: A Sagittarius Starscape (M17, M18, M24; UKS 22, David Malin) M19:
July 19 2000:Globular Cluster M19 (KPNO 0.9-meter telescope) M20:
July 23 1995:M20: The Trifid Nebula (Hopkins Observatory, Karen Gloria; Univ. of Oregon collection)
December 21 1995:Hot Stars in the Trifid Nebula (David Malin)
August 28 1997: Infrared Trifid (ISO)
December 8 1997: The Trifid Nebula in Red, White and Blue (Jason Ware)
March 31 1998:M20: The Trifid Nebula (David Malin)
August 28 1998: Hydrogen Trifid (David McDavid, Limber Observatory)
June 7 1999:Starbirth in the Trifid Nebula (HST)
June 8 1999,December 30 2001,December 28 2003:Trifid Pillars & Jets (HST)
March 28 2000: M20: The Trifid Nebula (KPNO 4-meter by Todd Boroson, AURA, NOAO)
June 15 2001: Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole; shows Mars with M8, M20, M21))
December 28 2001: Starlight Reflections (Robert Gendler; M20, M78, Merope in M45, others)
April 24 2002:The Trifid Nebula from AAO
June 26 2002: In the Center of the Trifid Nebula (Gemini)
June 28 2003: Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole), Mars with M8, M20, M21
September 1 2003: A Beautiful Trifid (AOP)
June 18 2004: The Trifid Nebula from Hubble (STScI 2004-17)
September 9 2004: Sagittarius Triplet (M8, M20, M21, NGC 6559; R. Gendler) M21:
June 15 2001: Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole; shows Mars with M8, M20, M21)
June 28 2003: Messiers and Mars (Michael Cole), Mars with M8, M20, M21
September 9 2004: Sagittarius Triplet (M8, M20, M21, NGC 6559; R. Gendler) M22:
July 3 2001:Unusual Flashes Toward Globular Cluster M22 (HST) M24:
September 18 2002: A Sagittarius Starscape (M17, M18, M24; UKS 22, David Malin)
September 21 2004 M24: A Sagittarius Starscape (A. Block) M27:
July 29 1995:M27: The Dumbbell Nebula (Hopkins Observatory, Karen Gloria; Univ. of Oregon collection)
February 18 1998:M27: The Dumbbell Nebula (David Malin, INT)
October 9 1998,October 23 1999,March 2 2002,April 24 2004:M27: Not A Comet (ESO VLT/FORS)
October 13 1998: In the Center of the Dumbbell Nebula (ESO VLT/FORS)
March 6 2001: M27: The Dumbbell Nebula (M. Pierce/WIYN)
January 13 2003: The Dumbbell Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen (WIYN, NOAO)
February 11 2003: Dumbbell Nebula Close-Up from Hubble
July 25 2003: Dumbbell Nebula Halo (Robert Gendler) M31:
July 24 1995,October 9 1996,November 1 1997;M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (Jason Ware)
November 14 1999:M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (Jason Ware; improved version)
December 31 1995:The X-ray Sources of M31 (Rosat)
April 6 1996:Andromeda Nebula: Var! (E. Hubble's Cepheid discovery; Mt. Wilson Observatory Historical Archive)
April 26 1996,October 17 1998:A Giant Globular Cluster in M31 (HST)
October 11 1996:The Double Nucleus of M31 (HST)
April 1 1997: Hale-Bopp and Andromeda
November 25 1997,March 14 1999: The Comet and the Galaxy (J. C. Casado)
April 2 1999:Stars of NGC 206 (FLWO)
January 21 2000:X For Andromeda (M31 by Chandra)
September 8 2000,May 18, 2002: Andromeda Island Universe (Robert Gendler)
September 17 2001: Southwest Andromeda (Subaru)
October 21 2002,July 18 2004: M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (Robert Gendler)
May 19 2003: The Andromeda Deep Field (Halo of M31, STScI PR 2003-15)
August 2 2003: Island Universe, Cosmic Sand (M31 and Perseid meteor)
December 22 2003: The Andromeda Galaxy from GALEX
January 31 2004: A Galaxy is not a Comet (J. C. Casado, with Comet Ikeya-Zhang)
December 27 2004: Andromeda's Core (Robert Gendler) M32 (also see M31):
January 6 1996:Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy M32 (Bill Keel, U. Alabama/Lowell O.)
November 3 1999:M32: Blue Stars in an Elliptical Galaxy (HST) M33:
April 9 1996,March 14 1998:A Spiral Galaxy Gallery (UIT)
July 8 1996:M33: The Triangulum Galaxy (UIT)
August 16 1996,November 2 2002:NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery in M33 (HST)
March 5 1997,April 11 1998: In the Center of NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery (HST)
July 21, 1998:Nearby Spiral M33 (David Malin, INT)
September 27 2001: Elements of Nearby Spiral M33 (King/Massey et.al., KPNO 4-m Mayall)
December 2 2002: Nearby Spiral M33 (KPNO)
September 24 2002: Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum (R. Gendler)
December 9 2003: NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery in M33 (HST, STScI 2003-30)
December 14 2004: Nearby Spiral M33 (Richard Hammar) M35:
November 29 2002:Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158 (KPNO)
December 15 2003: Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158 (CFHT) M38:
January 7, 2003:Open Star Cluster M38 (KPNO) M39:
March 31, 2004: M39: Open Cluster in Cygnus (WIYN) M42:
July 3 1995:The Great Nebula in Orion (HST 1994)
September 11 1995:Proplyds: Infant Solar Systems (HST 1994)
November 21 1995:M42: Orion Nebula Mosaic (HST 1995)
December 7 1996:Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion (HST 1995)
January 16 1997:Trapezium: Teardrops in My Skies (HST 1997)
May 11 1997,May 22 1999:M42: A Mosaic of Orion's Great Nebula (HST 1995)
May 23 1997,May 6 2000:The Heart Of Orion (HST)
November 18 1997,March 2 2003:In the Center of the Trapezium (HST 1997)
January 27 1998:The Great Nebula in Orion (Jason Ware)
April 21 1998:Water in Orion (David Malin)
June 12 1998,April 20 2002:Orion Nebula: The 2MASS View (2MASS)
July 31 1998:IRAS Orion
February 2 1999: The Orion Nebula from Subaru
March 2 1999: The Kleinmann-Low Nebula (Subaru 8.3-m)
September 24 1999: Cometary Globules In Orion (IRAS)
February 4 2000: X-Ray Stars Of Orion (Chandra)
March 31 2000: Free-Floating Planets In Orion (UKIRT)
August 30 2000: The Brown Dwarfs of Orion's Trapezium (NICMOS/HST)
November 22 2000: The Orion Nebula in Hydrogen (Robert Gendler)
January 30 2001: The Orion Nebula from VLT
May 4 2001: Protoplanetary Survivors in Orion (HST PR01-13)
February 13 2002: The Great Nebula in Orion [M42/43] (Robert Gendler)
March 13 2002,November 15 2003: LL Orionis: When Cosmic Winds Collide (HST PRC02-05)
May 30 2002: Orion Nebulosities (Emmanuel Mallart): M42, M43, Horsehead, &c
December 20 2002: Colorful Clouds of Orion [M42/43, NGC 1973-5-7] (R Gendler)
February 25 2003: M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula (J.P. Gleason; with M43)
January 15 2004: An Orion Deep Field (Robert Gendler; M42/43 with Horesehead Nebula region)
March 15 2004: The Orion Nebula from CFHT
March 25 2004: An Orion of a Different Color (Russell Croman)
July 13 2004: Orion Nabula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur (ESO)
September 27 2004: The Great Nebula in Orion (Stefan Seip) M43 (see also M42 above):
September 14 1999: The Colorful Orion Nebula: Part of M43 and NGC 1973-5-7
February 13 2002: The Great Nebula in Orion [M42/43] (Robert Gendler)
May 30 2002: Orion Nebulosities (Emmanuel Mallart): M42, M43, Horsehead, &c
December 20 2002: Colorful Clouds of Orion [M42/43, NGC 1973-5-7] (R Gendler)
February 25 2003: M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula (J.P. Gleason; with M43) M44:
August 3 1998: M44: A Beehive of Stars (Wil Milan)
April 3 2003: Jupiter in the Hive (Jupiter in M44; Tunç Tezel) M45:
June 20 1995: The Pleiades Star Cluster (Mt. Wilson)
September 3 1996,October 18 1997,October 25 1998,February 27 2000,May 6 2001,December 1 2002:The Pleiades Star Cluster (David Malin)
March 18 1997,April 5 1998,August 28 1999:X-Ray Pleiades (Rosat)
March 1 1999: Reflection Nebula NGC 1435 (Yuugi Kitahara)
May 24 2000: Pleiades, Planets, And Hot Plasma (near Sun; SOHO)
December 6 2000:Reflecting Merope (IC 349; HST)
March 22 2001: Jupiter, Saturn and Messier 45 (Ken Webb) - alsoMessier Marathon
December 28 2001: Starlight Reflections (Robert Gendler; M20, M78, Merope in M45, others)
December 27 2003: The Pleiades Star Cluster (Robert Gendler)
April 15 2004: Venus and the Pleiades M46:
March 5 1999: M46 And NGC 2438: Young And Old (Wil Milan) M50:
January 28 1997:Open Cluster M50 (S. Kohle/T. Credner) M51:
December 18 1995,January 25 1997: M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy (Bill Keel, U. Alabama/Lowell O.)
April 21 1996: A Supernova in the Whirlpool (HST, STScI PR 94-20)
April 25 1996,May 27 2000: M51: The Center Of The Whirlpool (HST, STScI PRC 96-17)
July 24 2000: M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy (NOAO)
April 10 2001,September 5 2004: M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars (HST, STScI PRC 01-10)
July 10 2002: M51: Cosmic Whirlpool (Tony & Daphne Hallas))
July 11 2002: M51: X-Rays from the Whirlpool (CXO)
September 25 2003: Logarithmic Spirals Isabel and M51 (M51 by Brian Lula) M55:
September 22 2000,September 18 2004: M55: Globular Star Cluster (B.J. Mochejska, 1m Swope Telescope)
February 23 2001: M55: Color Magnitude Diagram (B.J. Mochejska, J. Kaluzny, 1m Swope Telescope) M57:
July 27 1995:M57: The Ring Nebula (Nelson Caldwell/FLWO, from the Univ. of Oregon collection)
May 4 1998: M57: The Ring Nebula (HST)
January 7 1999,July 16 2000,July 29 2001,March 22 2003,July 4 2004:M57: The Ring (HST Heritage Team)
September 22 1999: Halos Around the Ring Nebula (Subaru 8.3m telescope)
May 16 2003: A Tale of Two Nebulae (M57 and IC 1296, Brian Lula)
July 9 2004: Ringed Nebulae (M57 and IC 1296, T.&D. Hallas) M61:
September 22 1998: M61: Virgo Spiral Galaxy (Zsolt Frei & J. Gunn, Princeton)
April 27 2001: Visitors' Galaxy Gallery (Advanced Observing Program, KPNO Visitor Center; includesM61 by Adam Block) M63:
June 27 2000: M63: The Sunflower Galaxy (Subaru Telescope, NOAJ) M64:
December 15 1995,March 22 1997,July 11, 1998: M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy (B. Keel, Univ. Alabama)
March 22 1999:An Infrared Galaxy Gallery (HST NICMOS)
February 11, 2004:M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy (HST, STScI PR 2004-04) M65:
August 12 1996: Leo Triplet Spiral Galaxy M65 (David Malin)
August 7 1998: M65 Without Moth (W. Keel, U. Alabama/KPNO) M66:
August 10 1996: Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 (David Malin)
April 7 2004: Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 (CFHT) M74:
April 9 1996,March 14 1998:A Spiral Galaxy Gallery (UIT)
July 9 1996:M74: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy (UIT)
October 4 2001,May 24 2003: M74: The Perfect Spiral (Gemini) M77:
September 10 1996: M77: Spiral with a Strange Glow (UIT)
September 11 1996: In the Center of Spiral M77 (HST)
July 11 2003:NGC 1068 and the X-Ray Flashlight (CXO) M78:
April 24 2000: Reflection Nebula M78 (Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration)
December 28 2001: Starlight Reflections (Robert Gendler; M20, M78, Merope in M45, others)
February 11 2002:Reflection Nebula M78 (David Malin/AAO)
January 21 2003: The Reflecting Dust Clouds of Orion [M78, NGC 2071] (Daniel Verschatse, � Antilhue Obs.)
February 19 2004:McNeil's Nebula (Adam Block, AOP) M80:
July 7 1999: M80: A Dense Globular Cluster (HST) M81:
December 3 1995: An X-ray Hot Supernova in M81 (ASCA)
April 9 1996,March 14 1998:A Spiral Galaxy Gallery (UIT)
July 13 1996:M81: A Bulging Spiral Galaxy (UIT)
July 14 1996,July 26, 1997: M81 in True Color (Greg Bothun, U. Oregon and Bill Keel, U. Alabama)
February 9 2000: Galaxy Wars: M81 Versus M82 (R. Gendler)
June 20 2002: Bright Galaxy M81 (R. Gendler)
December 30 2004: M81 and M82: GALEX Full Field M82:
July 28 1995: M82: An Irregular Galaxy (Univ. of Oregon collection)
November 18 1996,March 15 1998: Unusual M82: The Cigar Galaxy (P. Challis, FLWO)
December 16 1999: Supernova Remnant In M82
February 9 2000: Galaxy Wars: M81 Versus M82 (R. Gendler)
April 4 2000,November 23 2003: A Superwind from the Cigar Galaxy (FOCAS, Subaru 8.3-m Telescope, NAOJ)
April 21 2000:M82: Starburst In X-rays (Chandra XO)
September 14 2000: M82's Middle Mass "Black Hole" (CXO)
March 12 2001: M82 After the Crash (HST, STScI PR 01-08)
June 1 2004: The Supergalactic Wind from Starburst Galaxy M82 (WIYN/HST) M83:
September 12 1995,April 19 1997: Spiral Galaxy M83 (David Malin)
May 25 1998:M83: A Barred Spiral Galaxy (W. Keel, U. Alabama/KPNO)
September 26 1999: M83: A Barred Spiral Galaxy (David Malin)
December 6 1999,May 11 2003: M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT
November 6 2001: In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M83 (HST/Chandra/R. Soria)
February 6 2003: X-Rays from M83 (Chandra) M84:
November 13 1995:Virgo Cluster Galaxies (Malin)
May 16 1997: Signed, "A Black Hole" (HST)
August 4 2003: In the Center of the Virgo Cluster (M84/M86, CFHT) M86:
November 13 1995:Virgo Cluster Galaxies (Malin)
April 19 1996: The Virgo Cluster: Hot Plasma and Dark Matter (Rosat)
August 4 2003: In the Center of the Virgo Cluster (M84/M86, CFHT) M87:
September 13 1995:Elliptical Galaxy M87 (David Malin)
March 5 1996,April 5 1997:A Black Hole in M87's Center? (HST)
April 19 1996: The Virgo Cluster: Hot Plasma and Dark Matter (Rosat)
February 16 1999: The Large and Small of M87 (NRAO Radio pics)
July 6 2000:A Jet from Galaxy M87 (HST, STScI PRC-00-20)
November 1 2001:M87's Energetic Jet (Chandra)
June 16 2004: Elliptical Galaxy M87 (CFHT)
December 11 2004:M87's Energetic Jet (Chandra) M90:
March 16 1986:Spiral Galaxy M90 (Bill Keel, Univ. Alabama) M94:
October 16 1995:Starburst Galaxy M94 (UIT)
June 13 2001:M94: Beyond the Blue (UIT/Astro 2)
November 21 2002: Starburst Galaxy M94 (NOAO) M97:
October 3 2001,June 13, 2003: The Planetary Nebula Show (A. Block/AOP), includingM97 M100:
June 26 1995:The Spiral Galaxy M100 (HST)
January 9 1996:M100 and the Expanding Universe (HST)
January 10 1996:The Cepheids of M100 (HST)
June 1 1997,June 6 1998,February 3 2001:M100: A Grand Design (HST) M101:
June 27 1995: Ultraviolet Image of Messier 101 (UIT)
June 8 1997,June 10 2000: M101: An Ultraviolet View (UIT)
August 5, 1997: M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy (W. Keel, U. Alabama/KPNO)
April 20 1999: Candidates for a Hypernova (Y. Chu/HST)
March 10 2003: M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy (CFHT) M103:
February 7 2001: Distant Open Cluster M103 (NOAO) M104:
November 9 1995,February 8 1997: M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (Boroson/Keel, Univ. Alabama/KPNO)
February 23 1998,August 15 1999: M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (David Malin)
February 28 2000, October 21 2001:The Sombrero Galaxy from VLT
May 5 2001: Spirals On Edge (Robert Gendler; includes M104)
October 10 2003: The Sombrero Galaxy from HST M105:
January 14 1997,October 17 1999:Black Holes in Galactic Centers (HST; M105, NGC 3377, NGC 4486B) M106:
February 15 2000:M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Core (Ron & Beth Sharer, AOP/KPNO)
April 17 2003: M106 in Canes Venatici (B & J Slotnik, A Block/AOP/KPNO) M110 (also see M31):
January 8 1996: Local Group Galaxy NGC 205 (Bill Keel, Univ. Alabama/Lowell O.)
October 23 2000: Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NGC 205 in the Local Group (CFHT)

Charles Messier:

June 26 1996:Happy Birthday Charles Messier: M1 (NOAO) The Messier Marathon:
March 18 1999,March 11 2000: Messier Marathon (P. Gitto poster)
March 22 2001: Jupiter, Saturn and Messier 45 (Ken Webb) -Messier Marathon 2001 Galactic Center:
November 11 1997,September 11 1999,December 29 2001:The Annotated Galactic Center (Bill Keel, Univ. Alabama)
January 28, 1999: The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery (VLA/NRAO)
June 21 1999,July 8, 2001: The Galactic Center in Infrared (2MASS)
January 20 2000: X-Rays From The Galactic Center (CXO)
April 22 2000: Journey to the Center of the Galaxy (MSX, Midcourse Space Experiment IR pic)
June 29 2000: Galactic Centre Starscape (ISO)
July 5 2000: The Galactic Center Across the Infrared (2MASS)
October 17 2000: Gemini North Images Bow Shock Near Galactic Center (Gemini/AURA)
December 20 2000: Sgr A*: Fast Stars Near the Galactic Center (ESO)
January 10 2002: X-Ray Milky Way (Chandra)
May 21 2002: The Galactic Center Radio Arc (NRAO)
August 3 2002: The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery (VLA)
September 23 2002: The Milky Way Over the French Alps (Marc Sylvestre)
October 18 2002: At the Center of the Milky Way (ESO)
October 25 2002: Journey to the Center of the Galaxy (MSX, Midcourse Space Experiment IR pic)
January 8 2003: X-Rays from the Galactic Core (Chandra)
July 12 2003: X-Ray Milky Way (Chandra)
September 7 2003: The Galactic Center in Infrared (2MASS)
September 28 2003: Our Galaxy in Stars, Gas, and Dust (John P. Gleason, Steve Mandel) Virgo Cluster of Galaxies:
April 19 1996: The Virgo Cluster: Hot Plasma and Dark Matter (Rosat)
February 3 1997,February 15 1998,March 27 1999,January 19 2002: Stars Without Galaxies [in Virgo Cluster] (J. Gittlin/STScI Art)
February 20 2000: The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies (DSS/POSS)
January 26 2001: Galaxies Of The Virgo Cluster (Matt BenDaniel)
August 4 2003: In the Center of the Virgo Cluster (M84/M86, CFHT)

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