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Monday, December 14, 2015

Concert, thousand year old vocal music with astronomical photos



During last weekend I have had two concerts with two vocal ensemble Cappella pro Vocale from Oulu and Punctum from Rovaniemi. Thousand year old vocal music with my astronomical photos turned to be a timeless combination. This was my second production with Cappella pro Vocale, we did a similar Christmas concert in Oulu last year.

My imageshow was matched with music and it was projected on the walls and ceiling with four power projectors. Concert took place in two places, first one was in Oulu, Finland at the Church of St Thomas, the second one took place in Rovaniemi in Northern Finland at the Chapel of Korkalovaara.

Many thanks to Cappella pro Vocale, Punctum and all of the visitors!

Photos from two concert
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Concert in Rovaniemi, Chapel of Korkalovaara at Polar Circle (Image is taken during rehearsal)




Concert in my hometown Oulu at Church of St Thomas




Concert in my hometown Oulu at Church of St Thomas




Concert in Rovaniemi, Chapel of Korkalovaara at Polar Circle (Image is taken during rehearsal)




Concert in Rovaniemi, Chapel of Korkalovaara at Polar Circle (Image is taken during rehearsal)



Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Astro Anarchy gets published, Exhibition in Helsinki, Finland



Galleria Kajaste  Bulevardi 32/Albertinkatu 30, 00120 Helsinki

1. - 20.12. 2015
Opening hours, wednesday - Thursday 13-19.00 and Saturday-Sunday 12-16.00 
Monday and Tuesday closed


Art exhibition, PER ASPERA AD ASTRA
Astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio

Exhibition poster


Some Photos in exhibition

Museum quality art prints and very large aluminium prints






Saturday, December 5, 2015

Astro Anarchy gets published, art exhibition in Oulu



An art exhibition in Oulu, Finland. "Uusi Muoto" 1. - 23.12. Open every day 12 - 19.00, welcome!
Address: Torikatu 14, Oulu, Finland.

Astrophotographs, photographs and paintings ,  J-P MetsavainioChristelle Mas and Anni Arffman
Lots of new artworks from all of us. 

Pictures from the exhibition


Astrophotographer is cleaning the extra stardust out of the framed image of NGC 281.



Visitors



From left to right, Christelle Mas, J-P Metsavainio and Anni Arffman


Exhibition poster





Sample images from three artists


Anni Arffman, Christelle Mas and J-P Metsavainio








Saturday, November 14, 2015

IC 1936, a closeup



I have spent most nights at this Autumn season by shooting dim targets around Cygnus.
At night of  2. November I shot few frames from a brighter target, IC 1396, in Cepheus. Just one hour of H-alpha light and one 20 min frame for O-III and S-II before clouds rolled in. Just got the data processed and the photo turned to be kind of nice, so I'm publishing it here. This is a second photo out of IC 1396 at this Autumn. The first one from the Elephant's Trunk Nebula can be seen HERE.

IC 1396
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Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements.


IC 1396 in mapped colors
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Image in mapped colors from the light emitted by ionized elements. 
Red=Sulfur, Green=Hydrogen and Blue=Oxygen.


Orientation in IC 1396
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More info about this image can be seen HERE.


Orientation in constellation Cepheus
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A ten panel mosaic image of Cepheus, exposure time 92h. More info about this image can be seen HERE.

Technical details

Processing work flow

Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 21 iterations, added at 25% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.

Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f7 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope

Mount
10-micron 1000

Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL

Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II

Exposure times
H-alpha, 3 x 1200s = 1h
O-III, 1 x 1200s binned = 20min.
S-II,  1 x 1200s = 20min.
Total 1h 40min.