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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

NIGHT FEVER, exhibition in Helsinki 14.10 - 04-12. 2021


NIGHT FEVER
THE PLATFORM GALLERY

Lapinlahdenkatu 16 C, 00180 Helsinki 


The exhibition will be open in the the evenings to highlight the

beauty and mystique of the cosmos.

Opening hours

Wed - Fri: 5pm to 9pm
Sat: 2pm to 8pm

We are also open on select Sundays and Holidays and
outside opening hours by appointment

This photograph of Melotte 15 star cluster in Cassiopeia can be seen in exhibition as a museum quality print on dibond-aluminium at size 120 x 97 cm.



Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Night Fever, Exhibition in Helsinki 14.10 - 04.12. 2021


NIGHT FEVER

EXHIBITION 14.10 - 04.12.2021, THE PLATFORM GALLERY

Lapinlahdenkatu 16 C, 00180 Helsinki

NIGHT FEVER" WILL BE OPEN IN EXHIBITION AT THE PLATFORM GALLERY IN HELSINKI FROM 14.10 - 4.12.2021

The exhibit will be open in the the evenings to highlight the
beauty and mystique of the cosmos.

Thursday to Saturday of the opening days will have special opening hours.

14.10 - 16.10
7pm to 10pm

General Opening hours Starting 20.10

Wed - Fri: 5pm to 9pm
Sat: 2pm to 8pm

We are also open on select Sundays and Holidays and
outside opening hours by appointment

NOTE

A three meter long museum quality print of Grand Mosaic of Milky Way is one of the artworks in exhibition.


Thursday, September 16, 2021

Viral Nebula Rocks

IC1396 converted to 3D animation, very first of its kind
NOW on SuperRare

I turned my photo of IC1396 to a 3d-model at 2012 to show that it’s actually a three-dimensional volume floating in three-dimensional space. This artwork is not just a guess work, it’s based on scientific data about the structure of emission nebulae and real distance information. 

This animation went viral and it was published by several news media and major websites globally at 2012, links after the photos


Location, Constellation Cepheus at distance of about 3000 light years
IC 1396 spans about three degrees of sky (Full Moon has diameter of 0,5 degrees)
I took the photo and made the model at 2012, exposure time 15 hours. 
Time used for the collecting scientific data, 3D-model and animation way too much.


Original photo used for the animation
My original photo of emission nebula IC1396


Rotating Nebula in media

SLATE by Phill Plait 
Best Astronomy Images of 2012: 

DISCOVER MAGAZINE,
Jaw-dropping rotating 3D nebula


SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE by Colin Schultz
Amazing Astrophotography Lets You See Nebulae in 3D

WIRED by Nadia Drake,
New Dimension: Nebulas Are Even More Amazing in 3-D
https://www.wired.com/2013/02/nebulas-in-3-d/

HUFFINGTON POST by Ryan Grenoble,
Nebula IC 1396, Animated In 3D By Finnish Astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio, Is Astounding

PETAPIXEL, Michael Zhang 
Amazing Animated GIFs Capture Nebulae in 3D Using Artificial Parallax
https://petapixel.com/2013/02/20/amazing-animated-gifs-capture-nebulae-in-3d-using-artificial-parallax/

This animation was selected to a Moving the Still exhibition in Miami Art Week 2012


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


Thursday, February 11, 2021

APOD by NASA, Astro Anarchy gets published

 

Astronomy Picture of the Day

My shot of the constellation Cygnus was selected today as an APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) by NASA. You can see the NASA page here: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210211.html



INFO

Original blog post about this image, with technical details, can be seen here:

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Exhibition, Oulu, Finland 28.10 - 15.11. 2020

 EXHIBITION



KUTSU SINULLE JA YSTÄVILLESI
            
     

J-P METSÄVAINIO
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA
28.10.-15.11.2020
 
J-P Metsävainio kuvaa yöllisen taivaan kauneutta tieteen työmenetelmiä ja välineitä hyödyntäen. Per aspera ad astra -näyttely esittelee hänen uusimpia astronomisia luontokuviaan. Vaikka itse kuvausprosessi on teknisesti raskas, Metsävainion valokuvat soivat sfäärien musiikkia luonnollisesti ja tekniikan kahleista vapautuneena. Katsojalle avautuu yhä uusia näkymiä ympäröivään todellisuuteen taiteilijan raottaessa salaisuuksien verhoa ympärillämme. 

Järjestämme näyttelyn aikana taiteilijatapaamisia ryhmille ja työporukoille. Jos olet kiinnostunut tapaamaan taiteilija näyttelyn aikana, niin soita galleristi Hanna Manniselle 040 1780 980 järjestääksesi taiteilijatapaamisen.

Juhlimme näyttelyn avajaisia tiistaina 27.10.2020 klo 18-20!  Taiteilija on paikalla avajaisissa. Tervetuloa!

 
Lisätietoja näyttelystä ja teoskuvia: https://mabd.fi/nayttely/j-p-metsavainio/

Friday, September 25, 2020

Cosmic Clouds 3D is published now!


Cosmic Clouds 3D
Where Stars Are Born

At September 23. we had a live broadcast with Brian May, David J Eicher and me.
It was hosted by Alison Boyle from the Science Museum of London, many thanks!


From top left, Science Museum Keeper of Science Collections Alison Boyle, Artist and astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio, Astronomy Magazine editor David J. Eicher and the legendary Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May.

You can see a recording from the live broadcast from here,

You can buy the book from the London Stereoscopic company,
https://shop.londonstereo.com/cosmic-clouds-3-d.html







 

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

A press relase, lehdistötiedote

 

Cosmic Clouds 3D
Where stars are born

A press release About the book  is out

You can download it from HERE (In English)

Lehdistötiedote kirjasta on julkaistu.

Voit ladata sen TÄÄLTÄ (suomeksi)


A book by Brian May, David J Eicher and J-P Metsavainio







Monday, September 14, 2020

Astronomical Nature photographs, exhibition in Helsinki, Finland

 




Exhibition in Helsinki

Gallery A2, Annankatu 12 Helsinki, welcome!

Exhibition will end at September 20. 2020

https://www.galleria-a2.fi/














astro Anarchy get published

 


Book project finalized!
Cosmic Clouds 3D

By
Brian May (Yes, the legendary Queen guitarist and astrophysicist)
David J Eicher
and
J-P Metsavainio

This unique Book shows the cosmic wonders in 3D


More info about this book, please visit in official site of QUEEN
http://www.queenonline.com/news/pre-order-cosmic-clouds-3-d-by-brian-may






Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Astro Anarchy gets published!



AAPOD2

My photo of IC 1396, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula get selected as an Amateur Astronomy Image of the Day, -AAPOD2

Please, click for a large image

Image info and technical details can be seen HERE





Monday, December 10, 2018

Astro Anarchy gets published, the cover picture of an Official Vatican Observatory calendar 2019



My photo of the Sharpless 115 (Sh2-115) and a planetary nebula Abell 71 get selected as a cover photo of an Official Vatican observatory Calendar for the year 2019.

A Square Degree of Birth and Death

This photo shows  about one square degree of sky from the constellation Cygnus. In this photo, there are both, birth and the death. 
The blueish area at middle up is a stellar nursery, new stars are born there as an ongoing process. 
The blue dot at lower left is a planetary nebula Abell 71. The star has consumed all of its hydrogen resources and then blowed out its outer layers.

Sharpless 115 and Abell 71
Please, click for a large image

Image is in mapped colours, from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulphur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.


More info about this photo

https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2014/11/sharpless-115-and-planetary-nebula.html







Saturday, November 3, 2018

APOD by NASA, Astro Anarchy gets published


Astronomy Picture of the Day

My shot of the Cygnus Shell, supernova remnant W63, was selected today as an APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) by NASA. You can see the NASA page here: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181102.html


Cygnus Shell, W63
Please, click for a large photo it's worth it!


Image is in mapped colours, from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulphur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen. This mosaic image of twelve individual panels covers about four degrees of sky vertically.
Original blogpost with the technical details can be found from here:
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-very-rare-photo-cygnus-shell.html


Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Astro Anarchy get published, a new exhibition in Oulu, Finland




A new exhibition in Oulu, Finland! Lots of my new photos as a large size Diasec prints.




More Info, please have a look, ( Finnish )




Monday, August 22, 2016

Astro anarchy gets published, Large print of the central Cygnus


This large 100 x 400 cm (3.3 x 13.2 feets) print out of  my photo of the Cygnus is located in Creative Laboratory (Luova Laboratorio) Oulu, Finland.

A large print
Please, click for a full size photo

Image is printed on canvas with an aluminium frame. The size is 100 x 400 cm (3.3 x 13.2 feets) 
This is a very high resolution mosaic image and it can be printed even much larger scale without losing any sharpness. The printed photo is actually a part from a large mosaic picture of constellation Cygnus. The whole 18-panels mosaic can be seen HERE 



Older large public artworks out of my photos


Path of Swans, Svenska Private School, Oulu, Finland, 2014

Print on aluminium, 360 x 160 (142 x 63 inch) More info HERE



Cirrus of Cygnus,  The "Oulu Region Joint Authority for Education" in Haukipudas, 2014

Print on aluminium, over 3 x 10 meters (10 x 33 feets) More info HERE







Monday, March 14, 2016

Astro Anarchy gets published, exhibition in Mikkeli Center of Photography



10.3.-8.4.2016
Sali: J-P. Metsävainio
Studio I: Christelle Mas
Studio II: Johannes Wilenius
Studio III: Aira Lång

An ongoing exhibition in Mikkeli, http://www.en.mikkelinvalokuvakeskus.fi/

I have about twenty large aluminium prints at display.

A closeup of NGC 1499, the California Nebula, 100 x 100 cm aluminium print


Some of my astronomical shots. Image credits, Johannes Wilenius






Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Astro Anarchy gets published



My astrophotos are selected as a public content to a pedestrian zone in my hometown Oulu, Finland.
There is a very large display unit at the main square, 5.12 x 3.2 meters (over 16 x 10 feet).

Six different sets of my astronomical photographs and animations are running there as a slideshow during the January 2016. The show will run at every 15-25 minutes and last about three minutes at the time.

The public slideshow in Oulu, Finland
January 2016

My shot of the Bubble nebula at 5.12 x 3.2 meters LED-screen (over 16 x 10 feet)

All my astronomical photographs can be found from my PORTFOLIO.


Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Astro Anarchy, the year 2015



HAPPY NEW YEAR
This post is about all of my astronomical photos from the year 2015

All my photos from the Spring and Autumn seasons of 2015 are taken with my new imaging setup. Celestron Edge HD 1100 with 0.7 reducer at 10-micron mount. Apogee Alta U16 camera with Astrodon filters and an active optics unit, SXV AO LF, from Starlight Xpress.

SUPPORT
My humble thanks to the supporters, they made my work possible!

All companies are offering the first class products and service!

Year 2015 as an image poster
Please, click for a large image, 1920 x 2800 pixels, 5MB

Individual blog posts about images in the poster with the technical details. (Up left to lower right)

A short video out of my 2015 photos
(I tested some morphing algorithm, duration 2:58)



As usually, I made my experimental 3d-studies out of my astrophotos. Here is a collection out of them.

A deep deep space
A HD video, ~11 min.


 Original movie is in HD 1080p resolution. Please, click the Youtube logo at lower right to see this video in Youtube. Click the Gear symbol, at lower right in Youtube window, and select the Quality to 1080p.
Then watch the video in full screen for the best viewing experience.
More info about technique used, http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2015/08/a-large-collection-of-my-experimental.html
Some highlights of the year 2015 
In reversed chronological order












This is a broadband LRGB image of the Rosette Nebula from a remote observatory in Tenerife.







This photo get published by WIRED and CNET



Dr.Ioannis - Hugh Seiradakis Professor of the Physics Department of AUTH
J-P Metsavainio Finnish astrophotographer
The Dr.Fiori Anastasia Metallinou is an associate of the Institute of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens.
Dr.Kosmas gauze is Lecturer of the Department of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics, University of Athens






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.

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.

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)