Messier Object Images by Martin Germano

Martin Germano's images of Messier objects

Martin Germano is one of the most active and successful amateur astrophotographers of the deep sky. He formerly used a common Celestron 8 for years, and now works with an 8-inch and a 14.5-inch Newtonian reflector, both with f/5 primaries, and always uses panchromatic black-and-white film. His astrophotography was and is done from around his home in Southern California. He generously agreed to let us use his images here; please note that this work is copyrighted and contact Martin if you intend any non-personal (especially for-profit) use.

M1: image [caption]
M2: image [caption]
M4: image [caption]
M5: image [caption]
M8: image [caption]
M15: image [caption]
M16: image [caption]
M19: image [caption]
M22: image [caption]
M26: image [caption]
M27: image [caption]
M28: image [caption]
M30: image [caption]
M31/M32: image [caption]
M35: image [caption]
M37: image [caption]
M45: image (14.5-inch, details) [caption], image (8-inch, wider field) [caption]
M46: image [caption]
M49: image [caption]
M51: image [caption]
M55: image [caption]
M56: image [caption]
M57: image [caption]
M61: image [caption]
M63: image [caption]
M65: image [caption]
M66: image [caption]
M70: image [caption]
M71: image [caption]
M72: image [caption]
M73: image [caption]
M74: image [caption]
M75: image [caption]
M76: image [caption]
M77: image [caption]
M78: image [caption]
M81: image [caption]; M81 satellite Holmberg 9
M82: image [caption]
M83: image [caption]
M85: image [caption]
M87: M87 area image [caption]
M88: image with SN 1999cl [see SN 1999cl page]
M92: image [caption]
M95: image [caption]
M97: image [caption]
M99: image [caption]
M100: image (during earthquake!) [caption], processed version [caption]
M103: image [caption]
M104: image [caption]
M105: image [caption]
M106: image [caption]
M107: image [caption]
M108: image [caption]
M109: scanned 14.5" image, elder processed version [caption]

Non-Messier object images:

NGC 188: image

For more images, samples of his awesome 29-year career in astrophotography, including some really rarely seen and perhaps never else photographed deepsky objects, see Marty's website.

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

Last Modification: 3 May 2001, 18:00 MET