The Visible Universe - a journey from 100km to 12.4 billion light years

[SkyViking]

Hi all, it has been cloudy here in Auckland so rather than imaging I've been able to finish a little project that I've been working on for a while.

This collage is a celebration of the great diversity and beauty of our visible Universe as represented by a wide range of both familiar and more exotic objects, which are all visible in amateur telescopes using modest equipment. The immense and unfathomable distances are illustrated by sorting the objects according to their distance from Earth.

I have made this one in 16:10 format for nicely fitting on a widescreen monitor.
Image is available here: http://upload.pbase.com/rolfolsen/image/125937688/original

Hope you enjoy. It was great fun and very interesting to make and I'm currently using it as my desktop background :)

Regards,
Rolf

[strongmanmike]

Brilliant Rolf! :thumbsup: great presentation.

Seeing almost to the edge of the Universe...with a 250mm scope and a web cam..amazing :eyepop:

Mike

[DavidU]

You are always thinking outside the box and this is a wonderfully executed project.Great work Rolf.:thumbsup:

[astroron]

Very interesting Rolf, and Well presented:thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

top presentation whats your day job

[Octane]

Rolf,

You've just outdone yourself.

Remarkable.

H

[JD2439975]

Rolf that is fabulous mate, some wonderful images with masterful presentation. :bowdown:

That deserves to be in the 2010 IceInSpace compendium. :2thumbs:

If that doesn't show what an amateur can do with some will & imagination then I don't know what does.

Rates a gold star & an elephant stamp, take the rest of the day off.

Justin.

[alan meehan]

Stunning and educational would make a great poster ,thanks Rolf

[dugnsuz]

I second that - very well done Rolf
Doug:thumbsup:

[Tamtarn]

A lot of time and effort rewarded with a superb presentation Rolf
Well done:thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

Fantastic Rolf!!! - what a great presentation! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Even more so in that you've illustrated that the entire universe can be seen through modest equipment! Well done!

Cheers, Marcus

[RobF]

5 stars for for technical achievement gathering such great data/pics, but 6 stars (out of 5..:P) for the very original idea/presentation!
Great Work.

[Robh]

Rolf,

Nicely ordered flowchart of the cosmos. Great presentation!
Makes a fascinating and educational "read"!

Regards, Rob

[RobF]

Wouldn't take much to write up a paragraph or two and submit it to Sky and Telescope as an article piece....

It really is that good...

[Kevnool]

A great presentation here Rolf.
Enjoyed looking and reading.
Cheers Kev.

[alexch]

Excellent presentation! It would make a very nice poster.

Alex

[dcalleja]

I'd buy one of those posters! Brilliant presentation.

[SkyViking]

Thank you guys for all your nice comments, that was really quite humbling and very encouraging to read! :D

I'm actually now having a couple of posters made for myself so this image is now available for purchase here:
http://tinyurl.com/the-visible-universe

If anybody is interested just be aware they do both canvas and framed prints which are a lot more expensive, but just choose the option 'Poster / Art Print (http://rolf-olsen.artistwebsites.com/products/the-visible-universe--a-journey-from-100-km-to-124-billion-light-years-rolf-olsen-art-print.html)' to get it as a poster rolled in a tube.

I have made three sizes available (it has to be fairly big for the text to be readable):
30.00" x 18.75"
36.00" x 22.50"
40.00" x 25.00"

I checked and the total price incl. shipping to Australia comes to around USD65.00 for the 30.00" x 18.75" size.



Thank you Mike, glad you liked it! Yes it's pretty amazing to be able to capture photons from the depths beyond 12 billion light years.


Thanks David. I enjoy creating these presentations so your comment is encouraging :)


Thank you Ron :)


Thank you Trevor During daylight hours I'm a software developer, mostly Java but used to do C/C++ in the 'old' days.


Thank you Humayun, I'm glad you liked it :)


Thanks for your kind comments Justin. It is pretty amazing what everyone here achieves even with modest equipment.


Thank you Alan, yes it does put things in perspective when seeing all those images together.


Thanks Doug :)


Thank you Barb and David. It took me a while to do, but 'fortunately' I have been blessed with cloudy skies lately to give me plenty of time for putting this presentation together. I do hope it clears soon though! :)


Thank you very much Marcus. It is surprising also for me. When I started out with my webcam 7 years ago I would never have thought I could ever image such dim and faraway objects, it's all very fascinating!


Thanks very much Rob, glad you liked it :)


Thank you Rob :)


That's very humbling indeed, thanks! I have no idea what the process is if I was to do so... I think I'll let it be with the poster for now :)


Thank you Kev, glad you enjoyed it.


Thank you Alex. Poster is now available! :)


Thank you Dan :)

[mithrandir]

Rolf,

That deserves an APOD.

[SkyViking]

Thanks very much Andrew :)
It's probably too large a size for an APOD entry? Wouldn't fit on their main page I suppose... (not that I expect to achieve an APOD anytime soon haha!) :D

[erick]

That's great Rolf! :thumbsup:

[Ric]

That's excellent Rolf, very well thought out and designed.

I agree with an earlier comment, add a few paragraphs and sent it in to AS&T.

It would be a fantastic article.

Cheers

[SkyViking]

Thank you Eric :)


Thanks very much Ric :)

[firstlight]

That is brilliant Rolf, well executed and presented... currently my desktop if you don't mind.

[Starkler]

A big :thumbsup: Rolf.

Top work and I hope you get to sell some posters.

[rogerg]

Very nicely done.

[Dean]

Thumbs up! Very interesting... and I thought M104 through my 10" dob last night was a long way away... now I see 12.4 bliion light year objects... crikey!

[jase]

Inspirational and educational. Nothing but high praise here. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[multiweb]

Loved it Rolf. Great montage design and overall layout. A winner. :thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

Thank you Tony, I'm honoured :)


Thanks Geoff, glad you liked it.


Thank you Roger :)


Thanks Dean. I'd say M104 is still pretty far away ;) but yes billions of light years is just incomprehensible.


Thank you very much Jase :)


Thank you Marc, I enjoyed putting it together :)

[danielsun]

Great stuff there Rolf! Excellent presentation, very well done!!:thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel.

[Jeffkop]

Fantastic concept and fine achievements Rolf, both in the presentation and of course gathering the data in the first place. Really great to peruse.

[renormalised]

Excellent Rolf:):)

That should be up in every classroom around Oz and NZ.

[SkyViking]

Thanks Daniel :)


Thanks very much Jeff :)


Thank you Carl, glad you liked it :)

[erick]

This has WOW'd anyone I have showed it to who has even a slight interest.

This needs to become a large chart - hint hint! :)

[iceman]

Wow, how did I miss this. Just incredible.

So talented!

All with a ToUcam!

[iceman]

This is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au)!

[SkyViking]

Wow thank you Mike, I'm honoured! :thanx: Glad you enjoyed it.
My 2nd IOTW, I'm really on a roll! I'll give the little ToUCam a pat on the back :)

[clem]

Amazing piece of work! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thum bsup::thumbsup:

[WadeH]

What can I say that hasn't already been said but WOW, Amazing, Great and Fantastic!!
I forgot one, Incredible Rolf.
I love the transition of events from home to the out reaches, and to think we can see many of these objects with our own scopes. Magnificent. Oh, thats another one.
Well done.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

Thank you clem :)


Thans very much Wade, I'm happy that you liked it :)

BTW, a big thanks to all those that suggested I submitted this to AT&T, I have just the other day received news that they intend to publish it! :D
I don't know when or in which form yet, so it'll be exiting to see how it ends up. Thanks again all for your nice comments.

[leon]

Excellent presentation Rolf, it too reckon it could be up there for some recognition.

Leon

[Martin Pugh]

Very well done, great presentation.

cheers
Martin