Fine art astrophotography by Vicent Peris

Messier 51
CAHA, Descubre Foundation, DSA, OAUV, Vicent Peris (OAUV/PixInsight), José Luis Lamadrid (CEFCA), Jack Harvey (SSRO), Steve Mazlin (SSRO), Oriol Lehmkhul, Ivette Rodríguez, Juan Conejero (PixInsight)


Full resolution (0.5"/pixel)




Telescope

Calar Alto 1.2 meter Zeiss telescope.

Camera

2Kx2K, 24 um pixel SITe

Filters

Johnson BVR and 5 nm H-alpha filters.

Exposure Time

13 hour RGB (20 min subexposures), 6 hour H-alpha (30 min subexposures).

Processing

PixInsight Core 1.6.