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Saturday, December 28, 2013
3D-studies of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Veil Nebula unveiled
There is now 13h h-alpha light, collected from years 2008, 2012 and 2013.
Click for a large image. Buy a photographic print from HERE
A detail image, in original 1:1 resolution
Click to see in full scale. A detail image of the Veil Nebula to show a resolution. Not a bad one for a 200mm Camera lens. (Canon EF 200mm f1.8, full open)
An experimental starless image of the Veil Nebula SNR
The starless image is unveiling lots of details, otherwise hiding under a dense star field.
Buy a photographic print from HERE
A 3D-study of the Veil nebula SNR
Original blog post about the 3D-study and more animations behind this link:
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2013/02/the-veil-nebula-experimental-3d-study.html
Some older detail images from the Veil Nebula
- At upper left, IC 1340 with Meade LX200 12": http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/10/ic-1340-project-finalized.html
- Upper right, the Pickering's Triangle with Meade LX200 12": http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/11/pickerings-triangle-project-finalized.html
- Bottom left, Eastern part of the veil. Shot at 2007 with 80mm refractor.
- Bottom middle, the veil nebula wide field with a Tokina AT-X 300mm f2.8 camera lens: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/03/veil-nebula-reprocessed-with-some-new.html
- Bottom right, the Witch's Broom with Meade LX200 12": http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/11/witchs-broom-nebula.html
7x1200s, from 2008
13x1200 from 2012
19x1200 from this Autumn season 2013
Total 39x1200s = 13h
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Unveiling The Veiled
The Veil nebula supernova remnant in Cygnus. Original image was shot with the Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera optics full open, QHY9 astro camera and Baader narrowband filters at 2013.
New data is shot with Tokina 300mm f2.8 camera optics and Celestron Edge HD 11" telescope, Apogee Alta U16 astro camera with Astrodon narrowband filters between 2016 - 2020
Total exposure time is now about 45 hours.
The Veil nebula @SuperRare auction
Animation, https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/unveiling-the-veiled-volume-29145
Photo, https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/unveiling-the-veiled-29137
Veil nebula Unveiled
Click for a large image, 1250 x 1700 pixels
Nebula in visual colors from light emitted by an ionized elements can be seen here,
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2021/09/veil-nebula-unveiled-ii.html
Every single pixel in this 3d-animation is from the original 2D-image above. The model is based on on known scientific facts, deduction and some artistic creativity. The result is an appraised simulation of reality. Astronomical photos are showing objects as paintings on a canvas, totally flat. In reality, they are three dimensional forms floating in three dimensional space. The purpose of my 3d-experiments is to show that and Give an idea, how those distant objects might look in reality.
INFO
How the 3D-model is made
My Moleskine notebook pages from 2008, I planned how to convert nebulae to 3D
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
An experiental 3D-animation from my image of Veil Nebula SNR
I have tested a new method to publish my 3D-images as a form of Lenticular prints.
For this technique to work, I need series of images from different angles, in this case 24 images are needed.
Lenticular printing is actually an old technique but in past few years it has become much more sophisticated.
The results can be stunning visually, image plane disappears and object floats in and outside of the frame.
Since astronomical objects are too far away, no real parallax can be imaged. Doe to that, I have developed a method to turn my images to various 3D-formats. My work flow is based on scientific data from the object, distance and the source of ionization are usually known. The different types of the nebulae has typical structures, pillar like formations must point to the source of ionization, the radiation pressure forms kind of hollow area, inside of the nebula, around newly born stars, dark nebulae must be at front of the emission ones to show, etc... rest of the missing information is then replaced with an artistic vision.
The whole process is pretty much like sculpting!
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NOTE. Only real data from the original 2D-image is used for the 3D-animation!
The accuracy of the model depends how well I have known, figured out and guessed. Right or wrong, if my 3D experiments are giving something to think, they are working well.
The apparent scale of the Veil Nebula
An experimental fly a round movie of Veil Nebula
Few years back I made a movie out of the Veil Nebula.
Please, klick the "gear symbol" in Youtube to select high resolution. Double click the movie window to see it in full screen.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Veil Nebula collection as a poster
Large image, 1900x1500 pixels and 3MB
Image collection in visual spectrum. Ionized elements are mapped to match visual light, Red=(Hydrogen + Sulfur 20%), Green =Oxygen and Blue=(Oxygen + Hydrogen 15% to compensate missing H-beta light)
Note. the apparent size of the Moon is marked as a circle in a wide field image at the bottom center.
- At upper left, IC 1340 with Meade LX200 12": http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/10/ic-1340-project-finalized.html
- Upper right, the Pickering's Triangle with Meade LX200 12": http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/11/pickerings-triangle-project-finalized.html
- Bottom left, Eastern part of the veil. Shot at 2007 with 80mm refractor.
- Bottom middle, the veil nebula wide field with a Tokina AT-X 300mm f2.8 camera lens: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/03/veil-nebula-reprocessed-with-some-new.html
- Bottom right, the Witch's Broom with Meade LX200 12": http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/11/witchs-broom-nebula.html
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Veil Nebula, an experimental 3D-study
Veil Nebula supernova remnant as a 3D-model
In constellation Cygnus, animation in natural colors
An other version of the animated Veil
Animation in mapped colors
My original image of the Veil Nebula is used for the animations
Click for the large image
Blog post about this image with technical details:
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/03/veil-nebula-reprocessed-with-some-new.html
An animated GIF
Click for a large image
Blog post about the animated GIF can be seen here:
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/10/an-experiental-3d-animation-from-my.html
Monday, October 4, 2021
Three 3D-conversions out of my astronomical photos
I have made dozens of 3D-conversions out of my astronomical photos. As an artist I like to find a new views to the reality. My models are not just a guesswork, the conversion is based on real scientific data.
At the end of this blog post there is a short explanation, how I do my conversion work.
Original astronomical photo about part of the Veil nebula SNR in O-III light only.
3D-study of Veil Nebula Photo
How 3D-models are made
My Moleskine notebook pages from 2008, I planned how to convert nebulae to 3D
How accurate my 3-D-visions are depending on how much information I have and how well I implement it.
The final 3-D-image is always an appraised simulation of reality based on known scientific facts, deduction, and some artistic creativity.
After I have collected all the necessary scientific information about my target, I start my 3-D conversion from stars. Usually there is a recognizable star cluster which is responsible for ionizing the nebula. We don’t need to know its absolute location since we know its relative location. Stars ionizing the nebula have to be very close to the nebula structure itself. I usually divide up the rest of the stars by their apparent brightness, which can then be used as an indicator of their distances, brighter being closer. If true star distances are available, I use them, but most of the time my rule of thumb is sufficient. By using a scientific estimate of the distance of the Milky Way object, I can locate the correct number of stars in front of it and behind it.
Emission nebulae are not lit up directly by starlight; they are usually way too large for that. Rather, stellar radiation ionizes elements within the gas cloud and the nebula itself is glowing light, the principle is very much the same as in fluorescent tubes. The thickness of the nebula can be estimated from its brightness, since the whole volume of gas is glowing, brighter means thicker.
By this means, forms of the nebula can be turned to a real 3-D shape. Nebulae are also more or less transparent, so we can see both sides of it at the same time, and this makes model-making a little easier since not much is hidden.
The local stellar wind, from the star cluster inside the nebula, shapes the nebula by blowing away the gas around the star cluster. The stellar wind usually forms a kind of cavity in the nebulosity. The same stellar wind also initiates the further collapse of the gas cloud and the birth of the second generation of stars in the nebula. The collapsing gas can resist the stellar wind and produces pillar like formations which must point to a cluster.
Ionized oxygen (O-III) glows with a bluish light, and since oxygen needs a lot of energy to ionize it, this can only be achieved relatively close to the star cluster in the nebula. I use this information to position the O-III area (the bluish glow) at the correct distance relative to the heart of the nebula.
Many other small indicators can be found by carefully studying the image itself. For example, if there is a dark nebula in the image, it must be located in front of the emission one, otherwise we couldn’t see it at all.
Using the known data in this way I build a kind of skeleton model of the nebula. Then the artistic part is mixed with the scientific and logical elements, and after that the rest is very much like creating a sculpture on a cosmic scale
Friday, January 27, 2017
B&W universe, part II
B&W universe part I can be found HERE
Veil nebula, a supernova remnant in Cygnus
Please, click for a large image
Eastern veil, image was used as a luminance layer and it contains information from all narrowband channels, hydrogen, sulphur and oxygen (Ha, S-II and O-III) A color version can be seen HERE
Eastern Veil, as a two panel mosaic
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Eastern veil, image was used as a luminance layer and it contains information from all narrowband channels, hydrogen, sulphur and oxygen (Ha, S-II and O-III) A color version can be seen HERE
Eastern Veil, as a two panel mosaic, ionized oxygen alone
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Emission of ionized oxygen, O-III, alone. A color version can be seen HERE
Filaments of Veil
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A single frame of the central Veil nebula contains information from all narrowband channels, hydrogen, sulphur and oxygen (Ha, S-II and O-III) A color version can be seen HERE
Filaments of Veil as a two frame mosaic
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A two frame mosaic image of the central Veil nebula contains information from all narrowband channels, hydrogen, sulphur and oxygen (Ha, S-II and O-III) A color version can be seen HERE
The whole Veil nebula supernova remnant
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This older wide field photos shows the whole nebula.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
A supernova remnant, the "Veil Nebula" reprocessed
Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements, R=80%Hydrogen+20%Sulfur, G=100%Oxygen and B=85%Oxygen+15%Hydrogen to compensate otherwise missing H-beta emission. This composition is very close to a visual spectrum.
An older image from 2007 of Eastern part of the nebula, NGC 6995. Sky Watcher 80 ED with an UHC-s filter and QHY8. Exposure time about 4h.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
A two frame mosaic of the Veil Nebula in light of ionized oxygen only
Pickering's Triangle in O-III light alone
Part of the Veil nebula supernova remnant in Cygnus
A colorized emission of ionized oxygen (O-III) of the Veil Nebula
A closeup
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A horizontal version
(Click for a large photo, 1850x1000 pixels)
An older wide field photo of the veil nebula in O-III light
image is colorized
The area of mosaic image is marked as a white rectangle, an apparent size of the full Moon as a scale.
Pickering's Triangle in mapped colors
An older photo from 2012
Image is in mapped colors from an emission of the ionized elements. Golden areas
are from emission of sulfur and hydrogen, bluish hues are from ionized oxygen.
Original blog post with the technical details can be seen HERE
An older wide field image of the Veil nebula
Image is in mapped colors from emission of ionized elements, H-a, S-II and O-III
More info and the technical details can be found from HERE