Images by Mike Bessell, MSSSO

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30dor_40_BV.jpg (38KB) The 30 Dor nebula (BV Halpha)	30dor_40_BVR.jpg (57KB) The 30 Dor nebula (BVR)	30dor_unsharp.jpg (38KB) The 30 Dor nebula (B[OIII]Halpha)
b014.jpg (73KB) Young star-forming cluster	bo10.jpg (58KB) Bochum 10 cluster	cenA20.jpg (42KB) Centaurus A (bright radio galaxy)
clouds_20d.jpg (84KB) The Magellanic Clouds (neighbouring galaxies)	crab_40.jpg (45KB) The Crab supernova remnant B[OIII]Halpha	crux_ha.jpg (89KB) The Pointers, the Southern Cross and the Milky Way around to Carina
eagle_centre.jpg (29KB) The Centre of the Eagle Nebula  NGC 6611	eagle_v2.jpg (47KB) The Eagle Nebula NGC 6611	etacar.jpg (52KB) The Eta Carina Nebula  B[OIII] Halpha
etacar_log-linlin (41KB) The centre of the Eta Carina Nebula	etacar_tr16.jpg (48KB) The centre of the Eta Carina Nebula	Hale-Bopp.jpg (79KB) Hale-Bopp as it passed two globular clusters
Helix.jpg (26KB) The Helix Nebula, a planetary nebula	horsehead.jpg (21KB) The Horsehead Nebula	trifid.jpg (28KB) The Trifid Nebula
tr24.jpg (59KB) Trumpler 24	Jewelbox.jpg (63KB) NGC 4755, the Jewel Box cluster	lagoon_40_all.jpg (30KB) Central part of the Lagoon nebula  BV Halpha
lagoon_7.jpg (53KB) The Lagoon and Triffid nebulae.  B [OIII] Halpha	lagoon_7_only.jpg (45KB) A section of the b014 image	lagoon_haoiii.jpg (24KB) Enlarged porion of the central part of the Lagoon nebula
lagoon_sungh.jpg (39KB) Lagoon nebula highlighting a bright rim	Lmc_7.jpg (47KB) The Large Magellanic Cloud (galaxy)	Lmc_zoom.jpg (77KB) Detail of Lmc_7 (galaxy)
n2004.jpg (24KB) A young cluster in the LMC	n2004_hst.jpg (138KB) A young cluster in the LMC.	n2100_hst.jpg (142KB) A young cluster in the LMC
n2264n.jpg (48KB) Part of NGC 2264, a young star forming cluster	n2264w_1_5.jpg (40KB) Part of NGC 2264, a young star forming cluster	n330_hst.jpg (54KB) A young cluster in the SMC
n346_V.jpg (55KB) NGC 346 the brightest O association in the SMC	n3603_40.jpg (90KB)	NGC6188.jpg (51KB) An interesting region of dust and young stars in ScoOB1
ngc6744.jpg (59KB) NGC 6744 a face-on spiral galaxy	OriEriEW.jpg (90KB) the Orion-Eridanus bubble	Orion_20.jpg (86KB) Wide-field image of the greater Orion region
orion_40.jpg (685KB) The area around the trapezium cluster. B [OIII] Halpha	orion_40_V.jpg (19KB) The area around the trapezium cluster. B V Halpha	Orion_lambda.jpg (56KB) The Lambda Orionis Bubble
orion_st.jpg (53KB) Between Orion's belt and the great Nebula of Orion	pis24.jpg (41KB) NGC 6357 (Pismis 24) a young star forming cluster	Rosette.jpg (KB) The Rosette nebula
sag-oph.jpg (55KB)	smc_7.jpg (55KB) The Small Magellanic Cloud	smc-zoom.jpg (64KB) Detail of smc_7
vela7_low.jpg (103KB) The Vela Supernova remnant	vela-puppis_20.jpg (99KB) Wide-field view of the Vela-Puppis association and the Gum Nebula	vela_zoom2_o3.jpg (90KB) Detail of the Vela Supernova remnant
	M31.jpg (73KB) Andromeda Galaxy