True colour image of M51 and NGC
5195, in Canes Venatici, from the Documentary Photo Gallery of Calar Alto
Observatory (CAHA-Descubre-DSA). 24 hours of integration through the Zeiss 1.23
m telescope of Calar Alto Observatory equipped with a research-grade CCD camera
and a set of photographic RGB filters by Baader
Planetarium. Final colour balance done assigning white hue to the
integrated light coming from the two large galaxies. Field of view of 15
arcminutes (one quarter of the apparent width of the full Moon). North top,
East left. Credits: CAHA, Descubre, DSA, OAUV. Vicent Peris
(OAUV/DSA/PixInsight), Jack Harvey (SSRO/DSA), Steven Mazlin (SSRO/DSA), Carlos
Sonnenstein (Valkànik/DSA) and Juan Conejero (PixInsight/DSA).
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H-alpha enhanced colour image of M51
and NGC 5195, in Canes Venatici, from the Documentary Photo Gallery of
Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA-Descubre-DSA). 35 hours of integration through the
Zeiss 1.23 m telescope of Calar Alto Observatory equipped with a research-grade
CCD camera and a set of photographic RGB filters by
Baader Planetarium (24 hours), and a Baader Planetarium interferometric H-alpha
filter (7 nm passband, 11 additional hours). The H-alpha emission in
this image has been enhanced by a factor 4, to highlight the star-forming
regions in the disk of M51 and other HII extensions around NGC 5195. Field of
view of 15 arcminutes (one quarter of the apparent width of the full Moon).
North top, East left. Credits: CAHA, Descubre, DSA, OAUV. Vicent Peris
(OAUV/DSA/PixInsight), Jack Harvey (SSRO/DSA), Steven Mazlin (SSRO/DSA), Carlos
Sonnenstein (Valkànik/DSA) and Juan Conejero (PixInsight/DSA).
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credit:
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