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Monday, August 19, 2013

A two frame mosaic image, from Butterfly to the Crescent Nebula




I'm posting this older photo, since it hasn't been posted as an individual image before.
This is a two frame mosaic from the constellation Cygnus, showing the Butterfly and Crescent Nebulae. Image is shot at Nov. 18. 2011.
This image is part of a much large, 18-panel, mosaic of the constellation Cygnus.




Butterfly and Crescent Nebulae
in constellation Cygnus
Click the image to see it in large scale!

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A two panel mosaic image in mapped colors, colors for ionized elements, Red = Sulfur, Green = Hydrogen and Blue = Oxygen. Total exposure time for this image is around 5h.


Image is one part of this massive 18-panel mosaic of the Cygnus constellation 
Note. A large image 2200x1400 pixels and ~5MB.

18-panel mosaic of the constellation Cygnus, image is in mapped colors. The area of interest. in top most photo. can be seen at middle of this large mosaic.
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Technical details can be seen behind the link bellow.




Tuesday, August 13, 2013

An experimental 3D-study of NGC 1499, the California Nebula



This is an experimental test with a 3D-conversion of my astronomical images. Only real elements from my original image are used, there is nothing added but the volumetric information!

NOTE. This is a personal vision about shapes and volumes, based on some scientific data and an artistic impression.


California Nebula as an experimental 3D-model
In constellation Perseus


This is a looped video, click to start and stop. Original movie is in HD1080p resolution.


My original image of the California Nebula is used for the animation
Click for the large image

Original blog post about NGC 1499 with technical details
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/02/california-nebula-ngc-1499-with-some.html

More 3D-experiments can be seen here: 
http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/search/label/animations


Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Art ∩ Science = Wonder



My summer pause is still ongoing, next time we'll have an astronomical darkness at mid September, up here at 65N.

Astronomical imaging is a mixture of art, science and technique. The art part is the most important for me, even though my images are scientifically correct. I made an image to show, how I see my passion.

ART ∩ SCIENCE = WONDERS

Rosette Nebula in natural colors

INFO

My image of the Rosette Nebula is used for this poster. Original image with technical details can be seen in my portfolio: http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p62690868/h6d02179f#h6d02179f

More information and images in my original blog post:
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2011/02/caldwell-49-rosette-nebula.html


Thursday, June 6, 2013

Pelican Nebula zoom in series and the scale in a sky



I have shot many targets with several focal lengths. Due to that, I will publish some of my material as image sets, with a different field of view and level of details. The fractal nature of our universe stands out nicely in this way and it will make the orientation more easy.

Many times, it's difficult to understand the image scale of astronomical images.
Therefore I have added a "Moon circle" in the images to show the angular scale in the sky. The full Moon has an angular size of ~30 arc minutes, that's equal to ~0,5 degrees.


Cygnus zoom in series, apparent scale of the Peilcan Nebula
Be sure to click for a full size image!

A zoom in series to the Pelican Nebula.
Note. a circle, size of the full moon, as a scale.
A largish image, 7.5MB and 1356x5487 pixels


Orientation in the constellation Cygnus


The North America and Pelican nebulae can be seen at upper left corner.


Images used in this zoom in series
Technical details behind the links

  1. Part of the large, 18-panels, mosaic of the Cygnus, imaged with a Canon 200mm f1.8 lens, QHY9 astronomical camera and the Baader narrowband filters: http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p1072219942/h1a60116f
  2. North America and the Pelican Nebulae, imaged with a Tokina AT-X 300mm f2.8 lens,  QHY9 astronomical camera and the Baader narrowband filters: http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p1072219942/h2c811434#h2c811434
  3. Part of the large, 18-panels, mosaic of the Cygnus, imaged with a Canon 200mm f1.8 lens, QHY9 astronomical camera and the Baader narrowband filters: http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p1072219942/h3f92be2d#h3f92be2d
  4. A closeup of the Pelican Nebula, imaged with the Meade LX200 GPS 12" f5 telescope,  QHY9 astronomical camera and the Baader narrowband filters: http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p1072219942/h35663238#h35663238