Introduction
Images and the cosmos
Viewing heavenly mist
Portraying cosmic whirlpools
Taking celestial snapshots to photographing the realm of galaxies
Pioneering celestial photography
The golden age of astrophotography
Portraying "nebulae" for the mind
Images as galaxy discovery engines
The one-thousand year journey
Galaxies in focus
A symphony of waves
Imaging the invisible
Organizing the world of galaxies
The galaxy classification play-off
Atlases of galaxies, picturing island-universes
Galaxy atlases viewed by their users
Conclusion.