Fine art astrophotography by Vicent Peris

Messier 51
CAHA, Descubre Foundation, DSA, OAUV, Vicent Peris (OAUV/PixInsight), Jack Harvey (SSRO), Steve Mazlin (SSRO), Juan Conejero (PixInsight), Carlos Sonnenstein (Valkanik)

Full resolution (0.5"/pixel)




Telescope

Calar Alto 1.2 meter Zeiss telescope.

Camera

2Kx2K, 24 um pixel SITe

Filters

Photographic RGB and 7 nm H-alpha filters from Baader Planetarium.

Exposure Time

24 hour RGB (20 min subexposures).

Processing

PixInsight Core 1.6.