This is a gallery showing my shots of the Messier Catalog. One day, I will have every object taken and featured in this gallery. 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 w/M21 – Webb’s Cross

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




Sorry… No M54 or M55 yet…
M 57 – The Ring Nebula

M 58 – M 64







The Leo Triplet ( M65, M66, feat. NGC 3628)
Messier 67

M 68 – M 77







Have not taken pictures of 72, 73, 75… yet
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







