Astro Anarchy

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

An exhibition, Astro Anarchy get published

An photographic exhibition, 28.05 - 31.08. in Oulu, Finland
Every day between 9.00 - 18.00 in Terveystalo, ODL, Albertinkatu 16

This is a joint exhibition with my friend Esa Jormakka, an orthopedic doctor and nature photographer.

A panoramic view

Opening day was at 28.05. 2012 in my home town Oulu. A private hospital, Terveystalo, offered the bottom floor for exhibition area. It's a great place, with lots of natural light, at very center of city. If you'll like to take a visit, the address is Albertinkatu 16. The exhibition will be open whole Summer up to 31.08.2012, every day between 9.00-18.00

Random images from the exhibition

Images from the exhibition by Esa Jormakka

The artwork at center is about 1,8 meters high and 1,1 wide ( 6 x 3,7 feet)

High wall of main lobby, with panoramic images, the top most artwork is Four meters long. (13,3 feet)

The Moon, center image is 2,5 meters long. (8,3 feet)

Both images are 1,5 meters long ( 5 feet)

Yours truly at Right...

Ps.

Special thanks to,

Terveystalo, Oulu

Eero Suvilehto

Ursa Astronomical Association

Monday, April 16, 2012

Uniikki kirja (an unique book)

NEW, versions in English and Finnish

Kun taivas ei ole rajana
J-P Metsävainio, kuvia taiteen pimeältä puolelta

When the sky is not a limit

J-P Metsävainio, the dark side of art

Kirja astronomisista kuvistani. Numeroitu, singeerattu, sarja. Maksimipainos 99 kpl.
Book from my astronomical images. Numbered and signed series, max. print volume, 99 books.

Kuva kirjan kannesta, A3 kokoinen, aukeama 85 cm leveä
The cover of the book, an opened book is 85 cm wide. (34 inch)

Kovakantinen, kiiltolaminointi, laminated hard cover
Sisäsivut tukevaa 200 g/m² satiinipintaista taidepaperia, printed on thick art quality paper
Koko A3, 42,5 x 30,5 cm, aukeama muhkeat 85 cm leveä, size 17x12 inch, opening is 34 inch wide!
120 sivua ja yli 200 kuvaa, 120 pages and over 200 images
Kokealaatuinen väripainatus, väriprofilointia käytetty, joten lopputulos vastaa täysin tarkoittamaani, high quality color calibrated print
Kirjan alussa tiivis tietopaketti kuvaajasta, tähtikuvauksesta, tekniikasta ja väreistä, An information baggage about the imager, astrophotography and techniques used.
Jokainen kirja kuvaajan singeeraama ja numeroitu tyyliin 1/99, every book is signed and numbered
Toimitusaika. kaksi - kolme viikkoa, delivery time two-three weeks
Ainoa sarja, uutta samanlaista ei tehdä ja painotiedosto tuhotaan, kun 99 kirjaa on myyty, unique series, when 99 copies are printed, the original print file gets deleted.

Kyseessä on uniikki taideteos, ei bulkkina painettava kirja. Joku saattoi nähdä Oulun Tähtipäivien taidemuseon näyttelyssä esillä olleen satasivuisen koevedoksen. Tämä versio on tarkistettu ja siinä on 120 sivua ja yli 200 kuvaa, 200 grammaiselle taidepainopaperille vedostettuna ja kovissa kansissa.

This book is an unique art work, not a bulk printed book. The price is higher for that reason. (Normally a 40x30cm art quality print from my images will cost 150 Eur.)

Hinnasta tulee tietysti aika korkea tällä tavoin tehtynä, toisaalta kyseessä on graafinen taideteos, ei tavallinen kirja. Periaatteessa yhden-kahden rajatun sarjan valokuvavedoksen hinnalla saa 120 kpl niitä...

Kirjan hinta on 475€, sisältäen verot ja postikulut Suomeen

Yhteydenotot sähköpostitse osoitteeseen jp.metsavainio@gmail.com

The price of the book is 475€, including tax.

Please, contact: jp.metsavainio@gmail.com

Satunnaisia kuvia kirjan sivuista

Klikkaa isommiksi. huom. tulitikkuaski mittakaavana kuvissa

Random images from the book

Click for a large image. NOTE. there is a matchbox as a scale in the images.

Kuu, Moon

Pelikaanisumu Joutsenen tähdistössä, Pelican Nebula

Ajomiehen tähdistön kohteita, Auriga

Harsosumu, supernovajäännös Joutsenessa, Veil Nebula SNR

Sirppisumu, NGC 6888, Joutsenessa, the Crescent Nebula

Galakseja, Galaxy images

Kirjan hinta on 475€ sisältäen verot ja postikulut.

Yhteydenotot sähköpostitse osoitteeseen jp.metsavainio@gmail.com

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

IC 410 in Auriga, the scale in a sky

I made this zoom in series to show the actual size of this object in the sky.

I have placed a white circle, at lover Left corners, in the image series below. It shows the angular size of the full Moon in the sky. Moon has an apparent diameter ~30 arc minutes, that's equal to 0,5 degrees.

Zooming into Auriga
sorry about large image, please, bear with me

Click for a large image. NOTE. a large image, 1024 x 3800 pixels and 4,5MB

Original images used for the zoom in series, with technical data, from top to bottom

At top, a 12 panel mosaic of Auriga:

http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2012/03/auriga-panorama-gets-bigger-12-panels.html
An eight panel mosaic of IC 405 and 410, cropped from large mosaic above
A four panel mosaic of IC 405 and 410:

http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2012/03/four-panel-panoramic-mosaic-of-auriga.html
One panel image of IC 405 and 410:

http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/11/ic405-410.html
A cropped closeup from image above
A closeup with a longer, 2000mm, focal length:

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2010/01/ic-410-cosmic-fertilization.html

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Ones again, it's over

I feel sad to say good bye for my addiction for nearly a six months.

Astronomical darkness will end at 08.04. officially but at the moment we have only couple of hours darkness so there is not much point to do any long exposure imaging any more. Here, at 65N, we'll have next dark night at 06.09. 2012 and just for about two hours.

All my images from the Autumn/Spring seasons 2011-2012 as a poster

Click for a large image, NOTE 3300x1800 pixels and 6,75MB

A slideshow

Note. Usually two palettes are shown, HST and Visual spectrum (more or less Red)
All the images, with technical details, can be found in my portfolio:
http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p456394140

Autumn season 2011

The main work for the Autumn season 2011 was the very large 18-panel mosaic of Cygnus constellation.

Original blog post, with technical details, can be seen here:

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/12/cygnus-mosaic-18-panels-and-22-x-14.html

I have no a large photographic print on my wall, image here:

http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2012/01/large-print-out-of-cygnus-nebulae.html

A study about the scale in a sky: http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2012/01/cygnus-zoom-in-series.html

Spring season 2012

The main work for the Spring season 2012 was a mosaic image too, a 12-panel mosaic of constellation Auriga. Original blog post can be seen here:

http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2012/03/auriga-panorama-gets-bigger-12-panels.html

A study about the scale in a sky: http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2012/02/siemis-147-scale-in-sky.html

Tools used

I shot everything in this imaging period with my camera lenses. At first with the Tokina AT-X 300 f2.8 and most of the images with Canon EF 200mm f1.8, after I managed to fix the orthogonality issue between the CCD and the lens. All images was taken with QHY9, a cooled astro camera, and Baader narrowband filter set. (H-a, O-III and S-II)

Summer time

I will update my blog regulatory during the Summer season though. I have considered about renting a remote operating scope now and then, if I'll find funds for it. An naturally I will publish my experiments too and fine tune equipment's and work flow.

Some of the publications from the season 2011-12

At end of the Spring season I had my first exhibition about astronomical imaging in Oulu Museum of Art.

There was about twenty or so large framed prints to see and one lecture for interested. I have hardly any images of the event, here are some bad ones with mobile phone... Unlike seen in images, there was actually lots of visitors.