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Thursday, May 28, 2009

New Video material from astrotargets

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All Videos are now in HD format! To see the video in HD, please, use the YouTube Link. Or Download the Video in true 1280x720 pixels format from the links provided.
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This material is made by reprojecting 2D-images to a 3D-surface.
Then this 3D-model is animated to a movie file.
In the result, we can select an other vantage point from the Space
and see an old target from a new perspective!
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Only original, high resolution, 2d images are used to make videos.
Nothing has been added or removed from them!
Only our vantagepoint in a Space has been manimuplated.
You really should download the full resolution HD-movie
from the link provided to see it in full glory!
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A JOURNEY TROUGH THE STARS OF OUR HOME GALAXY TO A DIRECTION OF THE ANDROMEDA
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To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE.
The original 2D image can be seen HERE.
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THE HALF MOON, FLIGHT AROUND THE RIM To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE.
The original 2D image can be seen HERE.
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- THE MOON, FLIGHT OVER THE TERMINATOR ZONE FROM POLE TO POLE To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it. You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE. The original 2D image can be seen HERE. - -
THE FLIGHT AROUND THE RIM OF THE FULL MOON
To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE.
The original 2D image can be seen HERE.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A trip to Andromeda

I did an other simple animation from 2D-image, this time the Great Galaxy of Andromeda.
The idea is to show how this Galaxy looks like if we are able to travel outside of our home Galaxy.
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Resolution of this online movie is reduced by the video codec,
please, if you'll like to see a full resolution movie, it can bedownloaded from HERE.
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The original 2D-image can be seen HERE.
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The speed in the animation is many many times of the speed of light.
The real distance to Andromeda Galaxy is about two million Light Years.

Fly me to the Moon!

I recently bought a private Lunar orbiter to shoot some videos from the Moon!!!

It's much like a KAGUYA (SELENE) orbiter but more advanced.

Not really, animations here are made by reprojecting 2D-Moon image to a 3D-ball.

Animation is then calculated in 3D-software (TrueSpace from Galigari)

In this animation we are flying over the terminator zone of the half Moon.

On the Left side the Earth shine effect can be seen as a Bluish hue.

The online Video quality is very low doe the compression algorithm,

please, download a high resolution video to see it in full glory.

A higher resolution Video can be downloaded from HERE.

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An other video from the same 2D-material.

In this Video we are flying closer to a surface of the termintor zone.

A higher resolution Video can be downloaded from HERE.

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The original 2D-image can be seen HERE.

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Full Moon as an animation

In this animation we are flying 360 degrees around the termination zone of the Full Moon.

A higher resolution Video can be downloaded from HERE.

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Original 2D-image of the Full Moon can be seen HERE.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Stella Arcti Award 2009

I was onored by the Stella Arcti award in a category of amateur astronomy: by the Finnish National Amateur Astronomy association URSA.
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Other two winners are Petri Kehusmaa and Mikko Päivinen in a category of astronomical discovery of the year, the Supernova 2008im.
Image: Mikko Suominen
Klick the image to see an article in "Tähdet ja Avaruus" Magazine (in finnish).
"Yours truly" at Left.

Monday, May 11, 2009

11. Universe Today article


An Article by Tammy Plotner.
This time I turned more familar object to a Stereo Pair, The Moon.
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My original image of the Moon can be seen HERE.
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Cross Vision


>Parallel Vision

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

10. Universe Today article

A new article in Universe Today, by Tammy Plotner, using the Hubble Heritage image volumized by me.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Astro Anarchy in Ten o Clock News

04.05.2009 Ten o Clock News in MTV3 showed Astro Anarchy in national News.
You can see the clip by klicking the Image belowe.
It's in Finish but plenty of images there to see and my observatory.

Please, let the video load first, there might be some adds before it starts, sorry.