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.

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M24: image of the NGC 6603 region [caption] - image of region around Barnard 92/93 dark nebulae [caption] - B92 [caption] - B93 [caption]
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M31/M32: older image [caption] - newer image (8-inch) [caption], SW M31/M32/NGC 206 full field [caption], magnification with M32/NGC 206 [caption]; North-East Edge of M31 [caption]
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M45: image (14.5-inch, details) [caption], image (8-inch, wider field) [caption]
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M57: image [caption] - newer (Oct 2002) image [caption]
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M81: image [caption]; M81 satellite Holmberg 9
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M87: M87 area image [caption], M87 long (60min) exposure (14.5-inch) [caption], M87 short (6min) exposure with jet [caption]
M88: image with SN 1999cl [see SN 1999cl page]
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M99: image (1995) [caption] - newer image (2004) [caption]
M100: image (during earthquake!) [caption], processed version [caption]
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M109: scanned 14.5" image, elder processed version [caption]
M109B (NGC 3953): 14.5" image

Non-Messier object images:

Martin has taken much more fine astrophotos during his awesome more-than-50-year career in astrophotography (yes, he's in astrophoto biz since early 1972!), including some really rarely seen and perhaps never else photographed deepsky objects. Thes have longly been available through his website, which unfortunately closed a short time ago.

For some more information on Martin Germano and his work see our Account of Martin Germano and his work.

Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
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Last Modification: November 26, 2023