David Malin's astrophotos of Messier objects

The astronomical photographs below have been obtained by David Malin of the Anglo Australian Observatory.

The images linked in this page are all copyrighted and may be used for private purpose only. For any other kind of use, including internet mirroring and storing on CD-ROM, please contact the Photo Permissions Department of the Anglo Australian Observatory. These images may be only used uncropped, with burned-in or adjacent copyright informations and/or image numbers.

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 18. The emission nebula M 16, NGC 6611 [caption]
  • AAT 19. The Orion Nebula, M42, and M43 [caption]
  • AAT 28. Wide angle pic of the southern Milky Way [caption, old version]
  • AAT 29. The Trapezium stars in the Orion Nebula
  • 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 70. Star colours in the Globular cluster M5 [caption]
  • AAT 85. NGC 6618, the emission nebula Messier 17 [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 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
  • 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 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 at the AAO 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 the Orion 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 and png image [caption]
  • M5: M5 small jpg, large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M8: M8 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M11: M11 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M16: M16 Full View small and large jpg and png image [caption]; M16 Central Part small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M17: M17 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M20: M20 Full View small and large jpg and png image [caption]; M20 Deeper Photo small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M27: M27 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M31: M31 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M33: M33 small and large jpg and png iimage [caption]
  • M42: M42 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M43: M43 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M45: M45 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M65: M65 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M66: M66 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M83: M83 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M84 and M86: M84 & M86 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M87: M87 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M87 and Markarian's Chain (with M84, M86): M87 etc. small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M95: M95 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M100: M100 small and large jpg and png image [caption]
  • M104: M104 small and large jpg and png 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 Anglo Australian Observatory are available from their internet web site. Their image collection is also accessible by ftp, and mirrored at SEDS (by permission of David Malin and the Anglo-Australian Observatory). SEDS provides a Guide Page to David Malin's Colour Photographs of Deep Sky Objects.

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    Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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