Weitkamp Astrophoto Gallery: Messier Objects (41-60)

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· M41

· M42

· M43

· M44

· M45

· M46

· M47

· M48

· M49

· M50

· M51

· M52

· M53

· M54

· M55

· M56

· M57

· M58

· M59

· M60

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Open Cluster in Canis Major (M41)

Orion Nebula (M42/M43) (March 9, 2004)

Orion Nebula (M42) (March 2, 2004)

Orion Nebula (M42) (February 15, 2004)

Orion Nebula (M42) (January 6, 2004, 8:45 PM)

(Photographed with the C-14 and department’s Sony DSC F-717 Digital Camera)

Orion Nebula (M42) (December 31, 2003, 9:00 PM)

(Photographed with the C-8, Barlow lens and department’s Sony DSC F-717 Digital Camera)

M44: Open Cluster in Cancer (Beehive or Praesepe)

Plejades: Open Cluster inTaurus (M45)

Open Cluster in Puppis (M46)

(Can you see the planetary nebula in the cluster?)

Open Cluster in Puppis (M47)

M48: Open Cluster in Hydra

M49: Elliptical Galaxy in Virgo

M50: Open Cluster in Canis Major

M51:Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici (“Whirlpool Galaxy”)

M52: Globular Cluster in Cassiopeia

M53: Globular Cluster in Coma Berenices

M54: Globular Cluster in Sagittarius

M55: Globular Cluster in Sagittarius

M56: Globular Cluster in Lyra

M57: Ring Nebula in Lyra

M58: Galaxy in Virgo

M59+M60: Galaxy in Virgo

M60: Galaxy in Virgo

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