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.

M1: M1 KPNO/4-m Mayall image [caption]; M1 pulsar, KPNO/4-m Mayall [caption]
M2: M2 KPNO/0.9-m color image [caption]
M3: M3 KPNO 4-m photo [caption]; Burrell Schmidt color CCD image [caption]
M4: M4 KPNO 0.9-m CCD color image [caption]
M5: M5 KPNO 4-m photo [caption]
M6: M6 image [caption]
M7: M7 image [caption]
M9: M9 KPNO/0.9-m image [caption]
M10: M10 color CCD image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M19: M19 image, 0.9-m KPNO [caption]
M22: M22 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M23: M23 CCD color image, Burrell Schmidt [caption]
M27: M27 KPNO image [caption]
M32: M32 KPNO/Mayall 4-m image [caption]
M40: M40 KPNO 0.9-m CCD color image [caption]
M42/M43: M42 image (KPNO) [caption]
M43: M43 KPNO image [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
M49: M49 KPNO 4-m Mayall b/w image [caption]; M49 KPNO CCD color image [caption]
M51: M51 images with various KPNO telescopes
M52: M52 CCD color image, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]; M52 region, KPNO Burrell-Schmidt [caption]
M56: M56 CCD image [caption]
M59: M59 CCD image [caption]
M63: M63 color CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [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]
M73: M73 color CCD image [caption]
M77: M77 color CCD image [caption]
M79: M79 CCD image [caption]
M80: M80 KPNO 0.9-m image [caption]
M83: M83 KPNO/Mayall 4-m image [caption]
M84: M84 photo (KPNO/Mayall 4-m image) [caption]; M84 CCD image [caption]
M84/M86: M84/M86 region photo (KPNO/Mayall 4-m image) [caption]
M85: M85 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 [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]
M98: M98 CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m telescope [caption]
M99: M99 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 CCD image, KPNO 0.9-m [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:

NGC 3077: NGC 3077 KPNO/Mayall 4-m image

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

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

Last Modification: 30 Oct 1999, 21:30 MET