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Saturday, December 28, 2013

3D-studies of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant



The weather doesn't support the imaging of the new material, so I made a collection of an experimental 3D-studies out of the Veil nebula SNR. Some of the images are new but couple of them are published earlier.

Images are for two different viewing methods, the first set of images is for the Parallel Vision method and the second set for the Cross Vision method. Viewing instructions can be seen HERE.

NOTE! This is a personal vision about forms and shapes, based on some known facts and an artistic impression.

3D Veil Nebula as a freeview stereo pairs
for the Parallel Vision viewing method

Wide field

Veil nebula wide field in natural colors for the Parallel Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

The Witch's Broom Nebula

Nebula in mapped colors for the Parallel Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

Eastern part of the Veil Nebula I

Nebula in mapped colors for the Parallel Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

Eastern part of the Veil Nebula II

Nebula in mapped colors for the Parallel Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

The Pickering's Triangle

Nebula in mapped colors for the Parallel Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE



3D Veil Nebula as a freeview stereo pairs
for the Cross Vision viewing method


Veil nebula wide field in natural colors for the Cross Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

The Witch's Broom Nebula

Nebula in mapped colors for the Cross Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

Eastern part of the Veil Nebula I

Nebula in mapped colors for the CrossVision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

Eastern part of the Veil Nebula II

Nebula in mapped colors for the Cross Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE


The Pickering's Triangle

Nebula in mapped colors for the Cross Vision method. Click for a large image.
Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE


An animated version

More 3D-experiments in my portfolio






Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Veil Nebula unveiled



The exhibition is over, lots of visitors and many photographic prints has been sold.
Many thanks to all visitors and buyers!

I have some new material waiting for publishing, even though the weather has been really bad up here.
I had some technical problems with my longer focal length instrumentation and I had to move back to use my wide field tools. Veil Nebula in this post has been shot with the Canon EF 200mm f1.8 camera optics.
There is now 13h h-alpha light, collected from years 2008, 2012 and 2013.

Veil Nebula
Supernova remnant in constellation Cygnus

Image is in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements, 
R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.
Click for a large image. Buy a photographic print from HERE

Info

Veil Nebula is a cloud of ionized gas and dust, leftovers from an exploded star. The star went off some 5000-8000 years ago at distance of about 1470 light years. This, relatively faint target, is difficult to image due to the large angular diameter, about three degrees, and a dense star field.
This is a second version of this object, older version can be seen Here

Veil Nebula in mapped colors

Mapped colors from the emission of ionized elements,
R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
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


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

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



Technical details:

Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.

Optics, Canon EF 200mm camera lens at f1.8
Camera, QHY9
Guiding, Meade LX200 GPS 12" and a Lodestar guider
Image Scale, ~5 arcseconds/pixel
Exposures for H-alpha:
7x1200s, from 2008
13x1200 from 2012
19x1200 from this Autumn season 2013
Total 39x1200s = 13h
S-II and O-III information are from an older image

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

A very deep image of the veil nebula supernova remnant in mapped colors.
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

3D-study of Veil Nebula Photo


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


Since all of the heavier elements are born in exploding stars, we all are children of supernovae. Veil Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus at a distance of 1500 light-years. It spans three degrees of sky, (Moon has an angular diameter of 0,5 degrees at the sky) real diameter is around 70 light-years. I collected data for the photo between 2012-2020 and I made this 3D model in 2021,exposure time is 45 hours

How the 3D-model is made


My Moleskine notebook pages from 2008, I planned how to convert nebulae to 3D


For as long as I have captured images of celestial objects, I have always seen hem three-dimensionally in my head. The scientific information makes my inner visions much more accurate, and the 3-D technique I have developed enables me to share those beautiful visions with others.

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

3D-model without textures







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!


Veil Nebula, supernova remnant, as an animation
Click for a large image

Please, wait for few moments for animation to load, the size is ~7MB

NOTE. Only real data from the original 2D-image is used for the 3D-animation!

This animation shows the estimated shape of the Veil Nebula. It has to be more or less spherical due to nature of the supernova explosion.

Generally images about space objects shows them flat as a paintings in a canvas but in reality, they are volumes floating in three dimensional space. The purpose of my work is to show how I personally see those distant objects in my mind and they are fun to do!
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 original 2D-image of the Veil Nebula

I shot this image at Autumn season 2011. The blog post with information and technical details can be seen here: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/03/veil-nebula-reprocessed-with-some-new.html
Buy a photographic print from HERE

The apparent scale of the Veil Nebula

Many nebulae are very large in the sky. This image series shows the apparent size of the Veil Nebula compared to size of the Moon. (The full Moon has an angular size of ~30 arc minutes, that's equal to ~0,5 degrees.)


Click for a large image
Note. The apparent size of the Moon is marked as a white circle for a scale.


An experimental fly a round movie of Veil Nebula
 Few years back I made a movie out of the Veil Nebula.

HD-format (720x1280) To see this in Youtube: KLICK HERE
Please, klick the "gear symbol" in Youtube to select high resolution. Double click the movie window to see it in full screen.
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Original video can be downloaded from HERE



Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Veil Nebula collection as a poster



I started this Autumn season by shooting the Veil Nebula Supernova remnant. The Veil Nebula is very large and low surface brightness object in the constellation Cygnus, at distance of about 1400 light years.
Even though I used every single clear moment, all I got is three separate images. I was planning to shoot couple of two panel mosaics but the weather up here was very much against my plans.

Veil nebula collection, HST-palette
Large image, 1900x1500 pixels and 3MB

Image collection in HST-palette (Named after a palette used by the Hubble Space Telescope.)
Ionized elements are mapped to color channels, Red =Sulfur, Green=Hydrogen and Blue=Oxygen.


Veil nebula collection, visual colors
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)
At bottom middle, a wide field image of the Veil nebula SNR. There are white rectangles to mark locations of the closeup images around and image is labeled.
Note. the apparent size of the Moon is marked as a circle in a wide field image at the bottom center.

Images used for this collection


A 3D-experiment and a study about the scale in the sky







Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Veil Nebula, an experimental 3D-study




This is an experimental test with a 3D-conversion of my astronomical images. Only real elements from my image are used, there is nothing added but the volumetric information!
(In this image, some of the stars are enhanced  for a visual reasons)

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


Veil Nebula supernova remnant as a 3D-model
In constellation Cygnus, animation in natural colors


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


An other version of  the animated Veil
Animation in mapped colors


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


My original image of the Veil Nebula is used for the animations
Click for the large image

As can be seen here, the compression in YouTube has lost some details from above videos, they are all in original, less compressed, video.

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

HOW IT'S DONE

For as long as I have captured images of celestial objects, I have always seen
them three-dimensionally in my head. Over time I realized that we actually have
enough scientific information to build a coarse skeleton model of the nebula itself.
The scientific information makes my visions much more accurate, and the 3-D technique I have developed enables me to share those beautiful visions with others.
How accurate my 3-D-visions are depends on how much accurate information I have and how well I implement it. Also, many different estimates are
needed for the 3-D model. The final 3-D-image is always an appraised simulation
of reality based on known scientific facts, deduction, and some artistic creativity
on top of everything else
After I have collected all the necessary scientific information about my target,
I start my 3-D conversion using the stars in the image. 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
then 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. So it
is the nebula itself that is glowing, at the characteristic wavelengths of each ionized element. (The principle is very much the same as in fluorescent tubes.) I use
this information for my 3-D model. 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 pillarlike 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 nebula, otherwise we can’t see it.
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


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.


Veil nebula in O-III light alone

Original astronomical photo about part of the Veil nebula SNR in O-III light only.

3D-study of Veil Nebula Photo






NGC1499 the California Nebula

My photo of California Nebyla in mapped colors


3D-study of California Nebula Photo







Bubble Nebula

My photo of Bubble Nebula in mapped colors


3D-study of Bubble Nebula Photo




How 3D-models are made

My Moleskine notebook pages from 2008, I planned how to convert nebulae to 3D


For as long as I have captured images of celestial objects, I have always seen hem three-dimensionally in my head. The scientific information makes my inner visions much more accurate, and the 3-D technique I have developed enables me to share those beautiful visions with others.

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

3D-model without textures

Friday, January 27, 2017

B&W universe, part II


As I'm using a cooled Gray scale astronomical CCD camera, I have a Black and White images from all of my photos. (For a color image, colors are made by shooting each color channel trough a filter, in my case mostly a narrow band filters.)

I will publish few posts out of my B&W images. Sometimes I like them better as a color ones.
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
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, ionized oxygen alone
Please, click for a large image

Emission of ionized oxygen, O-III, alone. A color version can be seen HERE


Filaments of Veil
Please, click for a large image

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
Please, click for a large image

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

A large mosaic of the central Veil nebula
Please, click for a large image

A four panel mosaic of the central Veil nebula, a color version can be seen HERE


The whole Veil nebula supernova remnant
Please, click for a large image

This older wide field photos shows the whole nebula.





Sunday, January 16, 2011

A supernova remnant, the "Veil Nebula" reprocessed




Since my processing technique gets better and weather doesn't give any support, I have reprocessed some older images. There is now star colors added and other processing is tweaked too.


Veil Nebula
Ra 20h 45m 38.0s Dec +30° 42′ 30″






Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
Star colors are mixed from the NB channels, Red=H-a, G=O-III and B= 85%O-III + 15%H-a.


This very large SN locates in constellation Cygnus, about 2000 light years away. Angular diameter is about three degrees, about six full Moons side by side. Veil Nebula is one of the brightest features in the X-ray sky,
optically it has lowish surface brightness.






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. 
Star colors are mixed from the NB channels, Red=H-a, G=O-III and B= 85%O-III + 15%H-a.






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.




Original versions from Autumn 2008, with technical details:

I have made an experimental movie about the structure of the nebula. It can be found here:







Saturday, February 21, 2015

A two frame mosaic of the Veil Nebula in light of ionized oxygen only



I started an imaging project of the Veil Nebula at 05. of  November 2014. After this short period of time, clouds rolled in for about three months and my project was interrupted. Now the Veil nebula is too low in the horizon and I need to wait to next Autumn to finalize this image. In two nights, I shot 36 frames of O-III emission, 20 min. each, total 12 hours. There are two panels stitched together, exposure time for each panel is 6h. 


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
Click for a large photo



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


Technical details

Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
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

Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2
Astrodon filter, 3m O-III

Exposure times
O-III, 36 x 1200s = 12h, 6h for each panel.