Messier Object Astronomy Pictures of the Day

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 their Messier index (created by a search engine). Below we list the result of an overall scan of the APOD images.

Please email me 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: 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: The Pulsar Powered Crab (HST, Hester/Scowen)
November 22 1998: The High Energy Crab Nebula (UIT)

M3:

December 6 1996, July 19 1998: Globular Cluster M3 (P. Challis, FLWO)

M4:

September 10 1995, November 2 1997: White Dwarf Stars Cool (HST)
March 12 1996: The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi (David Malin)
September 22 1997: Antares and Rho Ophiuchi (David Malin)

M5:

October 19 1995: Globular Cluster M5 (David Malin)

M6:

January 6 1999: M6: The Butterfly Cluster (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: Twistin' by the Lagoon (HST)
July 7 1998: M8: The Lagoon Nebula (UKS)

M10:

March 12 1999: Hydrogen, Helium, and the Stars of M10 (Credner/Kohle)

M11:

January 16 1996: Wild Duck Open Cluster M11 (David Malin)

M13:

August 19 1998: M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

M14:

November 12 1996: Comet Hale-Bopp Passes M14 (D. Hanon)

M15:

July 26 1995: M15: A Great Globular Cluster (Univ. Oregon collection)
November 20 1995, January 17 1996: At the Core of M15 (HST)

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: Eagle EGGs in M16 (HST)
April 12 1998, May 2 1999: Stars from Eagle's EGGs (HST)

M17:

August 29 1996: M17: The Majestic Swan Nebula (B. Wallis/R. Provin)
January 26 1999: M17: The Omega Nebula (Todd Boroson, KPNO)

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)
June 7 1999: Starbirth in the Trifid Nebula (HST)
June 8 1999: Trifid Pillars & Jets (HST)

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: M27: Not A Comet (ESO VLT/FORS)
October 13 1998: In the Center of the Dumbbell Nebula (ESO VLT/FORS)

M31:

July 24 1995, October 9 1996, November 1 1997: M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (Jason Ware)
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)

M32:

January 6 1996: Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy M32 (Bill Keel, U. Alabama/Lowell O.)

M33:

April 9 1996, March 14 1998: A Spiral Galaxy Gallery (UIT)
July 8 1996: M33: The Triangulum Galaxy (UIT)
August 16 1996: 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)

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: The Heart Of Orion (HST)
November 18 1997: In the Center of the Trapezium (HST)
January 27 1998: The Great Nebula in Orion (Jason Ware)
April 21 1998: Water in Orion (David Malin)
June 12 1998: 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)

M44:

August 3 1998: M44: A Beehive of Stars (Wil Milan)

M45:

June 20 1995: The Pleiades Star Cluster (Mt. Wilson)
September 3 1996, October 25 1998: The Pleiades Star Cluster (David Malin)
March 18 1997, April 5 1998: X-Ray Pleiades (Rosat)
October 18 1997: The Pleiades Star Cluster (David Malin)
March 1 1999: Reflection Nebula NGC 1435 (Yuugi Kitahara)

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)
April 25 1996: In the Center of the Whirlpool (HST)

M57:

July 27 1995: M57: The Ring Nebula (Nelson Caldwell, from the Univ. of Oregon collection)
May 4 1998: M57: The Ring Nebula (HST)
January 7 1999: The Ring (HST Heritage Team)

M61:

September 22 1998: M61: Virgo Spiral Galaxy (Zsolt Frei & J. Gunn, Princeton)

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)

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)

M74:

April 9 1996, March 14 1998: A Spiral Galaxy Gallery (UIT)
July 9 1996: M74: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy (UIT)

M77:

September 10 1996: M77: Spiral with a Strange Glow (UIT)
September 11 1996: In the Center of Spiral M77 (HST)

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)

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)

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)

M84:

November 13 1995: Virgo Cluster Galaxies (Malin)
May 16 1997: Signed, "A Black Hole" (HST)

M86:

November 13 1995: Virgo Cluster Galaxies (Malin)
April 19 1996: The Virgo Cluster: Hot Plasma and Dark Matter (Rosat)

M87:

September 13 1995: Elliptical Galaxy M87 (David Malin)
March 5 1986, 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)

M90:

March 16 1986: Spiral Galaxy M90 (Bill Keel, Univ. Alabama)

M94:

October 16 1995: Starburst Galaxy M94 (UIT)

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: M100: A Grand Design (HST)

M101:

June 27 1995: Ultraviolet Image of Messier 101 (UIT)
June 8 1997: 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)

M104:

November 9 1995, February 8 1997: M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (Boroson/Keel, Univ. Alabama/KPNO)
February 23 1998: M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (David Malin)

M110:

January 8 1996: Local Group Galaxy NGC 205 (Bill Keel, Univ. Alabama/Lowell O.)

The Messier Marathon:

March 18 1999: Messier Marathon (P. Gitto poster)

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

Last Modification: 2 Aug 1999, 22:35 MET