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.
- M1:
image
[caption] -
compare this with a newer image
- M2:
image
[caption]
- M4:
image
[caption]
- M5:
image
[caption]
- M8:
image
[caption]
- M9:
image
[caption]
- M15:
image
[caption]
- M16:
image
[caption]
- M19:
image
[caption]
- M20:
image
[caption]
- M22:
image
[caption]
- M24:
image of the NGC 6603 region
[caption] -
image of region around Barnard 92/93
dark nebulae
[caption] -
B92
[caption] -
B93
[caption]
- M26:
image
[caption]
- M27:
image
[caption]
- M28:
image
[caption]
- M29:
image
[caption]
- M30:
image
[caption]
- 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]
- M32:
image
[caption]
- M35:
image
[caption]
- M37:
image
[caption]
- M45:
image (14.5-inch, details)
[caption],
image (8-inch, wider field)
[caption]
- M46:
image
[caption]
- M47:
image
[caption]
- M49:
image
[caption]
- M50:
image
[caption]
- M51:
image
[caption],
newer image (14.5-inch)
[caption]
- M54:
image
[caption]
- M55:
image
[caption]
- M56:
image
[caption]
- M57:
image
[caption]
- newer (Oct 2002) image
[caption]
- M61:
image
[caption]
- M63:
image
[caption]
- M65:
image
[caption]
- M66:
image
[caption]
- M67:
image
[caption]
- M69:
image
[caption]
- M70:
image
[caption]
- M71:
image
[caption]
- M72:
image
[caption]
- M73:
image
[caption]
- M74:
image
[caption]
- M75:
image
[caption]
- M76:
image
[caption]
- M77:
image
[caption]
- M78:
image
[caption]
- M81:
image
[caption];
M81 satellite Holmberg 9
- M82:
image
[caption]
- M83:
image
[caption]
- M85:
image
[caption]
- 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]
- M90:
image
[caption]
- M92:
image
[caption]
- M95:
image
[caption]
- M97:
image
[caption]
- newer M97 images
- M99:
image (1995)
[caption] -
newer image (2004)
[caption]
- M100:
image (during earthquake!)
[caption],
processed version
[caption]
- M103:
image
[caption]
- M104:
image
[caption]
- M105:
image
[caption]
- M106:
image
[caption]
- M107:
image
[caption]
- M108:
image
[caption]
- M109:
scanned 14.5" image,
elder processed version
[caption]
- M109B (NGC 3953):
14.5" image
Non-Messier object images:
For more images, samples of his awesome more-than-40-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,
see Martin's website; note his
film image archive.
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
[contact]
Last Modification: September 17, 2013