Images

Please find below a selection of images provided by the Vatican Observatory.

All photos are free to use and attribution is not required although it is appreciated!

Galaxy Cluster A397

Emission Nebula NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula

Galaxy Cluster Abell 1656, the Coma Cluster

Saturn

Jupiter

Galaxy M33

Planetary Nebula M27

Planetary Nebula NGC 6781

Galaxy UGC12343 in Ultraviolet

Supernova Remnant M1, the Crab Nebula

M1 Crab Nebula in Enhanced Color

M1 Crab Nebula, Monochrome

Globular Cluster M3

Black Eye Galaxy, M64, in Red and Blue Filters

Planetary Nebula NGC 6781

Planetary Nebula NGC 7293, the Helix

Dark Nebula Barnard 33

Multiple Star System Omicron-2 Eridani, “Keid”

Globular Cluster M2

Planetary Nebula NGC 6826, The Blinking Nebula

Galaxy M66

Globular Cluster M56

Galaxy M65

Open Cluster M67

Open Cluster M103

Globular Cluster (or Suspected Captured Galaxy Core) M79

Emission nebula NGC 2359, “Thor’s Helmet”

Open cluster NGC 1624

Galaxy M95 (NGC 3351)

Open cluster NGC 609

Planetary Nebula NGC 1535, Cleopatra’s Eye

Planetary Nebula NGC 2392, “The Clown Face”

Galaxy NGC 2683

Galaxy NGC 2903

Galaxy NGC 3628, “Sarah’s Galaxy”

Globular Cluster NGC 5053

Detail of the Orion Nebula, an Emission Nebula, M42

Galaxy NGC 5964 with centaur 5145 Pholus

Detail of the Pelican Nebula

Planetary Nebula M57, the Ring Nebula

Planetary Nebula NGC 7009, the Saturn Nebula

Galaxy M 104, the Sombrero Galaxy

Stephan’s Quintet

The Trapezium

The Green Flash

Galaxy Survey

Globular Cluster M3

M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy

NGC 5866

M109

NGC 2903

NGC 3147

NGC 7479

M 51

All-Sky Image of the VATT Site on Mt. Graham, Arizona

Open Cluster NGC 2158

Planetary Nebula M57, the Ring Nebula

Annular Solar Eclipse

Annular Solar Eclipse

Crater Copernicus and Mare Nubium on the Moon.

Lunar Craters

Boyle at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT)

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT)

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT)

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) at Dusk

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) in Winter

Vatican Observatory Telescope Exterior

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) in Winter

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) Interior

Birds-Eye View of the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT)

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) horizontal view

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) in Winter

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) at Night

VATT Mirror

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) Mirror

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) Mirror

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) at Night

VATT (Winter 2018)

The Zeiss Double Astrograph at Castel Gandolfo

View of the Papal Palace from Castel Gandolfo

Castel Gandolfo

David Brown with the Zeiss Double Astrograph at Castel Gandolfo

Double Astrograph Dome at Castel Gandolfo

Detail of the Double Astrograph Dome at Castel Gandolfo

The Zeiss Double Astrograph at Castel Gandolfo

Double Astrograph Open Dome at Castel Gandolfo

Double Astrograph Drive (close up)

The Papal Garden

View of the Papal Palace from Castel Gandolfo

Carte du Ciel plaque

Restored “Carte du Ciel” Telescope

Schmidt and CdC Domes at Night

View of the Papal Palace from Castel Gandolfo

Double Astrograph Open Dome at Castel Gandolfo

View of Orion from Double Astrograph Open Dome at Castel Gandolfo

St. Peter’s Dome

St. Peter's Basilica at Night

Jupiter over the Pantheon

St. Peter’s Dome at Night

St. Peter's Basilica

VATT Image: Quadruply Imaged Quasar

Fr. Richard Boyle S.J. at the VATT

Melissa Brucker and Br. Guy Consolmagno at the VATT

$Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J. at the Zeiss Refractor, Castel Gandolfo$

Fr. José Funes S.J. at the VATT

Seminar by Fr. Gabriele Gionti S.J.

Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J. in the Specola Meteorite Lab

Fr. Alessandro Omizzolo inspecting a Carte du Ciel photographic plate

Fr. Richard Boyle S.J. at the VATT

Fr. Sabino Maffeo S.J., archivist emeritus

Vatican Meteorite Collection

Fr. Richard Boyle S.J. at the VATT

Br. Guy Consolmagno and Student

Florence, Italy

Group Shot of Students

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students watching the Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Astronomy Grad Students Watching the Transit of Venus

Group Shot of Students

Students in the Specola library with VOSS professor Francesca D’Antona

Students at Lecture

Student Presentation

Student Presentation

Students at Lecture

Group Shot of Students

Students in front of Leaning Tower of Pisa

Group Shots of Students in front of St. Peter’s Dome

Vatican Observatory Library, circa 1900

Observatory of the Roman College

Sisters measuring Star Positions

The Floor of the Tower of the Winds

Display of meteorological instruments, circa 1900; 1

Display of meteorological instruments, circa 1900; 2

Display of meteorological instruments, circa 1900; 2

The Specula Vaticana in the Tower of the Winds within the Vatican

Spectrochemical Laboratory of the Vatican Observatory, 1

Spectrochemical Laboratory of the Vatican Observatory, 2

Office of Fr. Giuseppe Lais, circa 1900

Fr. Lais in his office, circa 1900

Vatican City

War Refugees Housed in the Papal Gardens

Carte du Ciel Telescope

Zeiss Double Astrograph

Hagen at the 1909 Merz telescope

$Father Johann Georg Hagen and Merz/Gautier Refractor$

The “Isotomeographo”

The Vatican Schmidt Telescope, Hargreaves and Thomson

Henry/Gautier Heliograph

Tower of the Winds circa 1790

Christopher Clavius

Francesco Denza

The Marquis de Mauroy, Back of Photo

The Marquis de Mauroy

The Marquis de Mauroy and his wife, Marie Caroline Eugénie

Fr. Georges Lemaître, Robert A. Millikan and Albert Einstein

Roger Penrose and Fr. Gabriele Gionti, S.J

Fr. Emiel De Graeve and Pope Paul VI

Pope John Paul II with Vatican Observatory Team

Pope John XXIII at the Astrophysical Laboratory

Pope John XXIII with Meteorite Collection

Pope Paul VI and the first computer at the Vatican

Pope Paul VI Observes the Moon Landing on Television

Pope Paul VI Observes the Moon Landing on Television

Pope Paul VI Viewing Moon Landing

Pope Pius XI with Members of the Specola

Pope Pius XI at the Dedication of the New Telescopes at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Pius XII Looks through Telescope at the Vatican Observatory

Family of Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman at the Vatican Observatory

Fr. Daniel O’Connell and astronaut Frank Borman

Moon rock arrives at the Vatican Observatory

Fr. Alois Gatterer, S.J.

Johann Georg Hagen

Oratorian Father Giuseppe Lais

Cardinal Pietro Maffi

Fr. Patrick Treanor at the Iris Photometer

Fr. D. J. K. O'Connell

Johan Willem Jakob Antoon Stein

Vatican Observatory Summer School Faculty

Rev. Fr. Patrick Treanor, S.J.

The Attendees of the 1957 Vatican Conference on Stellar Populations.

Vatican Observatory Summer School Team Members

Br. Guy Consolmagno, “Great Day” Keynote speaker at SUNY Geneseo

Br. Guy Consolmagno visiting the Bucharest Observatory

Ordination of Fr. Adam Hincks S.J., Toronto

Group Shot of Pope Francis and the Vatican Observatory Team

Group Shot of Pope Francis and the Vatican Observatory Team

Pope Francis and Fr. Gabriele Gionti, S.J.

Group Shot of Pope Francis and the Vatican Observatory Team

Pope Francis and Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J.

Fr. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, Vatican Observatory Adjunct Scholar, speaking in Pamplona

Fr. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, Vatican Observatory Adjunct Scholar

Fr. Paul Gabor S.J. speaking in Tucson

Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J. speaking Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J. speaking at the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J. speaking to the Royal Philosophical Society of Scotland at the University of Glasgow

Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J. speaking at the Dundee (Scotland) Science Centre

Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J. speaking to amateur astronomers outside Philadelphia

Br. Guy Consolmagno visiting the Bucharest Observatory

Br. Guy Consolmagno with students at the Specola Visitor Center, Papal Gardens, Castel Gandolfo

Br. Guy Consolmagno with VOF visitors at the VATT

Br. Guy Consolmagno with students at the Specola Visitor Center, Papal Gardens, Castel Gandolfo

Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J. Visiting School in Dundee

Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J. Visiting School in Scotland

A visit by VOF members to JPL

The Perseverance Mars Rover “twin” at JPL, during a visit by VOF members Br. Consolmagno, Fr. Whittington, Katie Steinke

The Perseverance Mars Rover “twin” at JPL, during a visit by Br. Consolmagno

The Perseverance Mars Rover “twin” at JPL, during a visit by VOF members Br. Consolmagno, Fr. Whittington, Katie Steinke

During a visit by VOF members Br. Consolmagno, Fr. Whittington, Katie Steinke, to the JPL “Clean Room”

During a visit by VOF members Br. Consolmagno, Fr. Whittington, Katie Steinke

During a visit by VOF members Br. Consolmagno, Fr. Whittington, Katie Steinke, to the JPL “Command Center”

During a visit by VOF members Br. Consolmagno, Fr. Whittington, Katie Steinke, to the JPL “Command Center”

A visit by VOF members to JPL

Br. Guy Consolmagno speaking at Holy Family Parish, South Pasadena, CA

Br. Guy Consolmagno speaking at Holy Family Parish, South Pasadena, CA

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Sr. Raffaella Petrini at VATT 2024-03-16 (1600)