Space Telescope Science Institute Staff IMAX Preview

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Space Telescope Science Institute Staff IMAX
Preview

• Maryland Science Center
• March 31, 2004

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Greg AndorferExecutive Director CEOMaryland
Science Center
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Hubble Reborn
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Scientific Visualizations
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Hubble
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Asteroid
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Globular Star Cluster
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Orion Nebula
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Galaxy Collision
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Cartwheel Galaxy
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Gravitational Lensing
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Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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ViewSpace
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Hubble Galaxies Across Space and TimeAn IMAX
Short Film
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GOODS CDFS
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Angular SizeComparisons
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Resolutions
Dimensions
Total Pixels
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Sections to Stamps

• Rotate crop
• 5 x 3 stamps
• 6,439 x 6,488 pixels each
• 32,195 x 19,464 total
• 627 M pixels

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Combine

• FITS 32 bits/channel
• TIFF 8 bits/channel
• BVIZ to RGB
• Remove noise
• See faint sources
• Dont saturate bright sources

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Clean
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Galaxy Cut-outs
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Isolate Galaxies
Galaxy 16999 Cut-out
Segmentation Map
Feathered Cut-out
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3D Model
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Camera
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Spiral Galaxies

• Low redshift
• Nearby
• Roughly present time
• More developed

• High redshift
• Far away
• Many billions of years ago
• Less developed

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Spirals 0 3 billion light-years
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Spirals 3 7 billion light-years
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Spirals 7 billion light-years
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Visualization Wall
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Thank You for ComingHave a Great Evening