M51 M31
Spiral galaxy M 51 (total and polarized intensity), combined from data observed with the interferometric radio telescope Very Large Array (VLA, USA)  and the Effelsberg 100m single-dish radio telescope (Germany) at 5 GHz (6 cm wavelength).
Optical background image: Hubble Space Telescope (Hubble Heritage Team)
© A. Fletcher & R. Beck (MPIfR Bonn)
Spiral galaxy M 31 (total and polarized intensity), observed with the Effelsberg 100m telescope at  5 GHz (6 cm wavelength).
© R. Beck & E.M. Berkhuijsen (MPIfR Bonn)

NGC 4569
N6946
Interacting galaxy NGC 4569 in the Virgo Cluster (total and polarized intensity), observed with the Effelsberg telescope at 5 GHz (6 cm wavelength).
© C. Chyzy (Jagiellonian Univ. Kraków)
Spiral galaxy NGC 6946 (polarized intensity), combined from data observed with the VLA  and the Effelsberg telescope at 5 GHz (6 cm wavelength).
© R. Beck  (MPIfR Bonn)
M33 M51
Spiral galaxy M 33 (total and polarized intensity), observed with the Effelsberg telescope at 8 GHz (3.6 cm wavelength).
© F. Tabatabaei (MPIA Heidelberg), R. Beck & M. Krause (MPIfR Bonn)
Barred galaxy NGC 1097 (polarized intensity) , observed with the VLA telescope at 5 GHz (6 cm wavelength).
© R. Beck (MPIfR Bonn), A. Fletcher & A. Shukurov (Univ. Newcastle/UK)
NGC 891

M51

Edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 (total and polarized intensity), observed with the Effelsberg telescope at 8 GHz (3.6 cm wavelength).
Optical background image: CFHT/Coelum
© M. Krause (MPIfR  Bonn)

Edge-on irregular galaxy NGC 4631 (total and polarized intensity), observed with the Effelsberg telescope at 8 GHz (3.6 cm wavelength).
Optical background image: Misti Mountain Observatory
© M. Krause (MPIfR Bonn)
Polarization survey
Model of Milky Way disk
All-sky polarization survey of the Milky Way at 1.4 GHz (20 cm wavelength), observed with the 20m DRAO (Canada) and 30m Villa Elisa (Argentina) radio telescopes.
© M. Wolleben (DRAO), P. & W. Reich (MPIfR Bonn) and J.C. Testori (Villa Elisa)
Model of the large-scale structure of the magnetic fields in the Milky Way disk, derived from radio polarization surveys at 1.4 GHz (DRAO/Villa Elisa) and 22 GHz (WMAP) and rotation measures of extragalactic sources.
© X. Sun (NAO Bejing) and W. Reich (MPIfR Bonn)

All-sky radio image at 62.5 MHz, obtained on 22 Aug 2011 from 1.3 sec observation time with the Effelsberg LOFAR station. The angular resolution is about 6°. The brightest radio sources Cas A, Cyg A and Sgr A are marked.
© Jana Köhler and James Anderson (MPIfR Bonn)
All-sky circular polarization at 32 MHz with Jupiter on bottom right, obtained on 3 Aug 2012 from 1.3 sec observation time with the Dutch LOFAR station CS002. The degree of circular polarization is 57% at this frequency.
© Jana Köhler and James Anderson (MPIfR Bonn)
M87 M51
Radio galaxy M 87 = Virgo A (total intensity, in colour), observed with LOFAR at 115–162 MHz and overlaid onto an optical image of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The size of the shown field is 19′ x 19′, the resolution is 21′′ x 15′′.
© Francesco de Gasperin (Univ. Hamburg)
Spiral galaxy M 51 (total intensity, in colour), observed with LOFAR at 120–181 MHz with 20" resolution.
© David Mulcahy (MPIfR Bonn / Univ. Southampton)
Crab

Crab pulsar-wind nebula, observed
with the Dutch LOFAR stations at 115–150 MHz.
The resolution is 9′′ x 14′′, the field size 7.5′ x 6′.
©  Olaf Wucknitz (MPIfR Bonn)