Tag Archives: astronomy

Floating Volumes \\ LenticularNebulae

being sceptic about that kind of environments led to this post - 

”My work flow is based on scientific data from the object, distance and the source of ionization. The different types of the nebulae have typical structures,- pillar like formations must point to the source of ionization so the radiation pressure forms a hollow area inside of the nebula around newly born stars -dark nebulae must be at front of the emission ones to show, etc… rest of the  information is then replaced with an artistic vision.”
The whole process is pretty much like sculpting! ”

[lenticular printing is the phrase to search]

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Marine Sextants // Some lost knowledge

“The sextant is a majestic work of technology elegantly combining no less than three genius inventions. It consists of a telescope (necessary inventions: glass grinding; optics), a mirror, and a frame. If you know how to use a sextant, you can use it to find the distance between any two points in the sky.”

we always love intricate mechanisms like these here at the FG, so here it is. Simple, no?

– rennaissance dudes playing with the first sextant –

as simple as that.

y?

^ Because we can ^