UCO/Lick Observatory Photos
The following black and white images taken at Lick Observatory are available to the public. Requests for photos must be received in writing (email okay). The Publications Office will send your photos when we receive payment. You may pay by check or credit card. View price list.
Photos are also available onsite in the Publications Office. UCO/Lick
affiliates receive 20% discount on photo prices.
If you wish to use UCO/Lick Observatory images in print or electronic
format, please refer to our photo reproduction policy for complete instructions and online request form.
Photos are available as 35 mm slides, 8" x 10" glossy prints,
and 11" x 14" matte prints. We also sell three styles of Sierra Panoramas, taken from Mt. Hamilton in 1931 using early infrared (IR) photography techniques.
Photo Request Contact Information
UCO/Lick Observatory
Publications Office
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
E-mail: webeditor@ucolick.org
Photos Available
Lunar Photos
| # |
Description |
| L1 |
Age 4 days |
| L2 |
Age 7 days (first quarter) |
| L3 |
Age 10 days |
| L4 |
Age 14 days (full) |
| L4a |
Age 17.8 days |
| L5 |
Age 20.05 days |
| L6 |
Age 22 days (last quarter) |
| L7 |
Age 24 days |
| L7a |
Age 26 days |
| L8 |
Two photographs showing libration |
| L9 |
Composite of photographs taken at first and third quarter |
| L10 |
The Alps |
| L11 |
The Apennines and Archimedes |
| L12 |
Copernicus |
| L13 |
Tycho and Clavius |
| L15 |
Mare Serenitatis |
| L21 |
Aristoteles, Eudoxux |
| L22 |
Descartes, Abulfeda |
| L23 |
Gassendi |
| L24 |
Julius Caesar, Ariadaeus Rille |
| L25 |
Langrenus |
| L28 |
Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina |
| L29 |
Region of Tycho |
| L30 |
Altai Scarp |
| L31 |
Region of Baco and Pitiscus, near southern limb |
| L32 |
Posidonius and Mare Serenitatis |
| L33 |
Region of Schickard, Wargentin, Phocylides |
| L34 |
Region of Aristarchus under high resolution |
| L35 |
Archimedes, Aristillus, Autolycus under high illumination |
| L36 |
Region of Stofler and Maurolycus |
| L37 |
Region of Hansteen, Prosper Henry, and the Sirsalis
Rille |
Galaxy Photos
| # |
Description |
| S2 |
The Large Magellanic Cloud |
| S3 |
NGC 185, a dwarf galaxy, showing resolution into stars |
| S4 |
M 87 (NGC 4486): a short exposure showing the nuclear
“jet” |
| S5 |
M 87 (NGC 4486): a long exposure showing globular clusters
in the outer part |
| S6 |
NGC 5866: a nearly edge-on galaxy with a narrow dark
equatorial lane |
| S7 |
NGC 4565: an edge-on spiral |
| S8 |
NGC 253: a large highly inclined spiral |
| S9 |
NGC 2903: a spiral with faint extended arms |
| S10 |
The Andromeda Galaxy (M 31, NGC 224) |
| S11 |
A part of the nuclear bulge of M 31 showing resolution
into Population 11 stars |
| S12 |
The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici (M 51, NGC 5194-5) |
| S13 |
The Triangulum Galaxy (M 33, NGC 59) |
| S14 |
The Triangulum Galaxy at larger scale and higher resolution
than S13 |
| S15 |
The spiral galaxy M 81, (NGC 3031) |
| S16a |
The open spiral M 101 (NGC 5457) |
| S17 |
Two views of NGC 7331, before and during maximum of
supernova of 1959 |
| S18 |
The barred spiral NGC 7479 |
| S19 |
The barred spiral NGC 3992 |
| S20 |
The intertwined spirals of NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 |
| S21 |
Stephan’s quintet of galaxies, NGC 7317 - NGC 20 |
| S22 |
The radio galaxy Cygnus A |
| S23a |
Portion of Coma Cluster of galaxies |
| S23b |
Portion of the Hercules Cluster of galaxies, near NGC
6055 |
| S24 |
The emission-line spiral NGC 1068 (M 77) |
| S25 |
The spiral galaxy NGC 4258 |
| S30 |
The spiral galaxy NGC 4096 and its 1961 supernova |
| S31 |
The spiral galaxy NGC 4303 and its 1961 supernova The
spiral galaxy NGC 4303 and its 1961 supernova |
Galactic Nebulae Photos
| # |
Description |
| N1 |
The Orion Nebula (NGC 1976) and NGC 1977, showing faint
outer parts, in blue-violet light |
| N1a |
The central region of the Orion Nebula in infrared light:
a short exposure showing the Trapezium stars |
| N1b |
The central region of the Orion Nebula in infrared light:
a longer exposer showing fainter stars and nebulosity |
| N6a |
Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius (M 8, NGC 6523): long exposure |
| N7 |
Northwest quadrant of Rosette Nebula, showing dark globules
and filaments silhouetted against the nebulosity |
| N7a |
The Rosette Nebula NGC 2237/2244 in red light |
| N11 |
The North American Nebula (NGC 7000) in Cygnus |
| N14 |
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) in Cepheus |
| N15 |
The nebulous cluster M 16 (NGC 6611) in Serpens |
| N16 |
IC 1318, the diffuse nebulosity near gamma Cygni |
| N29 |
The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius(M 20, NGC 6514) |
| N32 |
The Califonia Nebula in Perseus (NGC 1499) |
| N33a |
Three Herbig-Haro Objects (l. to r.): Haro 14a: H-H
12 (near NGC 1333); H-H 2 |
| N34 |
Hubble’s Variable Nebula NGC 2261 |
| N35 |
The Omega Nebula (M 17, NGC 6618) |
| N44 |
The Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) and the bright nebulosity
NGC 2024 in red light |
| N45 |
The dark nebula Barnard 84 |
| N46 |
The gaseous nebula NGC 7380 |
Comet Photos
| # |
Description |
| C10 |
Halley’s comet, June 6 and 7, 1910 |
| C15 |
Head of Brooks’ Comet, October 21, 1941 |
| C19 |
Finsler’s comet, August 28, 1937 |
| C21a |
Comet Bennett, April 4, 1970 |
| C22 |
Comet Arend-Roland, April 25, 1957 |
| C24a |
Comet West, March 5, 1976 |
| C24a |
Comet West, March 7, 1976 |
| C27 |
Comet Ikeya-Seki, October 29, 1965 |
| C32 |
Halley’s comet, January 10, 1986 |
Lick Observatory Instruments & Views
| # |
Description |
| G1 |
Lick Observatory from the west (helicopter view) |
| G2 |
Lick Observatory from the east |
| G6 |
Panorama of the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley,
photographed from Mt Hamilton |
| G6a |
2-part Panorama of the Sierra Nevada from
Mt. Hamilton |
| G7 |
The 36-inch refractor |
| G8b |
The 36-inch Crossley reflector |
| G10b |
Eye end of the 36-inch refractor showing the automatic
camera for direct photography |
| G13 |
The 20-inch Carnegie double astrograph |
| G17a |
The Shane 120-inch telescope building |
| G18a |
Aerial view of Mount Hamilton |
| G19b |
The Shane 120-inch telescope |
| G19e |
The Shane 120-inch telescope from high in the dome |
| G20b |
Observer in prime-focus cage, 120-inch telescope |
| G21 |
120-inch mirror on grinding machine |
| G22 |
20-inch mirror after aluminizing |
| G23a |
Observer at slit telescope, coude spectrograph, 120-inch
reflector |
| G24 |
The Anna Nickel 40-inch telescope |
Miscellaneous Popular Photos
| # |
Description |
| U1b |
Nova Cygni, 1975: 2 photos showing decline of light |
| U2 |
Polar star trails |
| U3 |
Equatorial star trails |
| U5 |
Sirius A and B: 3 exposures taken with 120-in reflector |
| U6 |
Crab nebula pulsar, television photos at minimum and
maximum light |