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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Anaglyph 3D from two targets, the "Tarantula" & the "Wizard"
The "Tarantula Nebula"
You'll need Red/Cyan Eyeglasses to be able to see this image right.
Note, if you have a Red and Blue filters, you can use them! Red goes to Left eye
Other 3D-formats can be found here:
Original 2D-image and details:
The "Wizard Nebula"
Other 3D-formats can be found here:
Original 2D-image and details:
NOTE! This 3D-study is a personal vision about forms and shapes, based on some known facts and an artistic impression.
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anaglyph images and movies
Stereo pairs of two nebulae, the "Tarantula" & the "Wizard"
The "tarantula Nebula"
Parallel vision
Cross vision
Other 3D-formats can be found here:
Original 2D-image and details:
The "Wizard Nebula"
Parallel vision
Cross vision
Other 3D-formats can be found here:
Original 2D-image and details:
NOTE! This 3D-study is a personal vision about forms and shapes, based on some known facts and an artistic impression.
Viewing instructions can be found from a Right hand side menu.
Viewing instructions can be found from a Right hand side menu.
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stereo images
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
A grande finale of the Cepheus project, mosaic of ten panels with colors
I have planned this Cepheus project for a long time. Finally I have been able to finalize it. I have done some large mosaic images of nebula rich areas in our Milky way. The ultra fast camera optics, Canon EF 200mm f1.8, it's a perfect tool for the job. It has a large, flat and sharp, image field and full open at f1.8, it collects photons very fast. The final image covers an area of about 18x10 degrees. (Full Moon has an apparent size about 0,5 degrees. 720 full Moons are needed to cover this area in the sky.)
To have a color image, each of the panels have been shot three times. This narrowband image is shot with QHY9 (a cooled astronomical camera), Canon EF 200mm f1.8 camera optics full open, Baader Planetarium Narrowband filter set for an emission of ionized elements, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Sulfur. (H-alpha, O-III and S-III) The dimensions of the final mosaic image are 12000 x 6500 pixels.
Emission Nebulae in constellation Cepheus
Mosaic image of ten individual panels, total exposures 92h.
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About 1:1 detail from the image above
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Lots of stars out there.
Cepheus Nebulae in visual spectrum
Composed from the narrowband channels
Image is in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements,
R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.
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B&W image with an emission of Hydrogen alpha only
Image of light, emitted by an ionized Hydrogen.
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A labeled image and orientation
Some main objects are labeled here
An orientation in constellation Cepheus. The mosaic image covers an area of ~18x10 dgrees.
Technical details
I have used lots of an older material for this image. I have shot this area for years, with a different instruments, with different focal lengths and apertures. The total exposure time for the final mosaic image is calculated by adding the exposures for the actual mosaic to the exposures for sub-images used.
List of the sub-images used for a large, 10 panels, mosaic of Cepheus
The first part of the mosaic, four panels: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2013/12/a-start-of-new-project-cepheus-mosaic.html
Sharpless 132, a wide field shot: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2011/02/sh2-132-project-finalized.html
Sharpless 132, a closeup: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2013/10/the-second-image-of-autumn-season-2013.html
Cave Nebula, a wide field shot: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2011/01/sh2-155-cave-nebula-reprocessed.html
Cave Nebula, a closeup: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2012/12/the-cave-nebula_9.html
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
An extra background normalization in CCDStack for a mosaic match.
Color combine for each panel in PS CS3
Panel composition in PS CS3
Levels, curves and the final color matching in PS CS3.
Imaging optics used for the mosaic image
Meade LX200 GPS 12" reduced to f5
Tokina AT-X 300mm f2.8
Canon EF 200mm f1.8
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera QHY 9, with a QHY filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodetsar
Active optics unit SXV-AO with Meade LX200 12" telescope
Baader Filter set, 7nm H-aplha, 8nm S-II and 8.5nm O-III
Total exposures used for a mosaic image
H-alpha 160 x 1200s Bin 1x1
O-III 66 x 1200s Bin 1x1
S-II 50 x 1200s Bin 1x1
Total exposures 276 x 1200s = 92h
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sh2-142, the "Wizard Nebula"
Sh2-142 alias NGC 7380, in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
I use a starless image in one of the processing steps. Sometimes I publish it, since the actual nebula can be better seen by this way.
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.
NGC 7380 is a catalog number of the open star cluster inside Wizard nebula, SH2-142.
Nebula locates in constellation Cepheus, about 7000 light years from my home.
Technical details:
Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack.
Deconvolution with a CCDSharp, 30 iterations.
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.
Telescope, Meade LX200 GPS 12" @ f5
Camera, QHY9 Guiding, SXV-AO @ 6,5Hz
Image Scale, 0,75 arcseconds/pixel
Exposures H-alpha 15x1200s, binned 1x1
S-II 1x1200s, binned 4x4
O-III 1x1200s, binned 4x4
I have used color data from an older, 2008, wide field image of Sh2-142.
Technical details for image used for colors:
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
It looks like.... a collection of my photos as I see them
We have had a solid cloud cover, up here 65N, over two months now. My new imaging system stands useless at the rooftop, very frustrating.
We are easily seeing quasi logical forms in random shapes since we have a most powerful shape recognition machine in our brains. Based on previous phenomena, I made a funny collection out of my photos. There is an original version of my photo and same photo as I see it in my head. Part of the images are named after my own observations and some are commonly known nicknames. NOTE. All of the astronomical photos in this blog post are originally taken by me.
It looks like...
a Hawk
The Great Wall of Cygnus is a part of the North America Nebula, NGC 7000. Image info HERE
a Twirling Dancer
Melotte 15 cluster in IC 1805, info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Giacometti's "Walking Man"
An Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396, info about this photo can be seen HERE
an Alpine View
A closeup of NGC 1499, the "California Nebula", info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Cone
The "Cone Nebula", info about this image HERE
a Horse
The horse sculpture at right is shot from the Piazza Navona, Rome, and it's made by the great Bernini.
a Wizard
Info about the NGC 7380, the Wizard Nebula, can be seen HERE
an Eagle
Messier 16, M16, the Eagle Nebula, more info about this photo HERE
a logo of Grateful Dead
Simeis 147 supernova remnant in Taurus, information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
Info about the Grateful Dead HERE
a Nuclear Blast
IC 443, supernova remnant, a cosmic Nuclear Blast (It really is a one!) more info HERE
a Smiley Face
Eastern Veil Nebula, more info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Soap Bubble
Bubble Nebula, information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Pizza Pie
Messier 104 galaxy, information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Lobster
IC 410 and 405 Nebulae, more info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Baby Polar Bear
IC 1848, the Soul Nebula, information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Velvet Curtain
IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Ball of Tangled String
Simeis 147 supernova remnant in Taurus, information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Scottish Terrier
Sharpless 132, Sh2-132, information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Silver Dollar
NGC 253, a "Silver Dollar Galaxy", information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Gargoyle
A detail of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396, info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Question Mark
Cederblad 214, information about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Bat
IC 1848, the Soul nebula, info about this photo can be found HERE
Or
an Angel
a Monkey Head
Info about the NGC 2174, the Monkey Head Nebula, can be seen HERE
a Siamese Fighting Fish
NGC 281, the "Pac Man Nebula", can be found HERE
This is traditionally seen as a "Pac Man" (A game figure from 80's)
a Cosmic Fertilization
IC 410, info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Burning Tree
Melotte 15 cluster in IC 1805, info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Heart
IC 1805, the Heart Nebula and a photo of a lamb's heart at right. Info about the IC 1805 photo HERE
a Chili Pepper
IC 410, info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Cirrus Cloud
Hydrogen filaments in Cygnus, info about this photo of mine can be seen HERE
a Christmas Tree
A Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula, info about this photo can be seen HERE
A Chinese Dragon
18-panel mosaic photo of constellation Cygnus, info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Horus
NGC 6357, Sharpless 11, an Egyptian Horus, more info HERE
a Butterfly
Butterfly Nebula, info about this photo of mine can be found HERE
a Pelican
Pelican Nebula in Cygnus, more information about Pelican Nebula can be seen HERE
a Ghost
IC 63, the Red Ghost, more info about this photo can be seen HERE
a Medusa's Head
A wide field shot of the Tulip Nebula area, in constellation Cygnus, looks like the Bernini's sculpture of Medusa's Head. More info about this photo can be seen HERE
(or a Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons...)
a North America
NGC 7000, the North America nebula, more info about this photo HERE
a Nike of Samothrace
IC 1340, "an Electric Nike of Samothrace", part of the Eastern veil nebula in light emitted by the ionized Oxygen only. More info about this image can be seen HERE
a Piece of Marble
The Propeller Nebula area in constellation cygnus looks like tile of a marble stone. More info about this target can be seen HERE.
a Rose
Rosette Nebula, more info about this object can be found HERE
a Leaping Puma
A detail from the Rosette Nebula looks like a leaping Puma. More info about this photo HERE
a Teapot
The Tulip Nebula, Sh2-101, a Cosmic Teapot. (Note. the famous Russell's teapot!)
Info about this photo of mine can be seen HERE.
a Tulip
The Tulip Nebula, Sharpless 101, more info can be seen HERE
a Tennis Ball
Sh2-216, A planetary Nebula in Perseus, the closest PN to Earth ever discovered, looks like a cosmic tennis ball. More info about this object can be found HERE
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