This is a gallery showing my shots of the ENTIRE Messier Catalog. Other shots will be eventually replaced by much better versions as my skills progress!
Be sure to Check Out Various Sub-Galleries for certain Messier Objects (Links are Highlighted in Blue) that I have taken multiple pictures of through the years!
Messier 1 – 3



M 4

M 5

M 6 – Butterfly Cluster

M 7 – Ptolemy’s Cluster

M 8 – Lagoon Nebula

Messier 9 – 12




M 13 – Hercules Cluster

Messier 14-15


M 16 – Eagle Nebula

M17 – Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula



M 20 – Trifid Nebula


M 22 – Great Sagittarius Cluster
M23 – M26




M 27 – The Dumbbell Nebula

M 28 – M 30



Andromeda Galaxy (M31 feat. M32 and M110)

M33 – Triangulum Galaxy

M 34 – 41








Orion Nebula (M42 feat. M43 – De Mairan’s Nebula)

M 44 – The Beehive Cluster

M 45 – The Pleiades or “Seven Sisters”

Messier 46-50






M 51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy
M 52 – M 56






M 57 – The Ring Nebula
M 58 – M 64







The Leo Triplet ( M65, M66, feat. NGC 3628)
M 67 – M 77











Messier 78
M 79 – M 80


M81 and M82 – Bode’s Galaxy and Cigar Galaxy

M83 – Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

Virgo Cluster feat. M84 and M86

M 85
M 87 – Virgo A


M 88 – M 92






M 95 – M 99






Messier 100

M101 – The Pinwheel Galaxy

M102 – M109















