I like how this music video demonstrates effectively how the frame can change and morph into another. Although the animation is very two-dimensional, depth is created through scale and time/speed.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
hp
Not very relevant to stars/after effects but as a piece of stop motion I think the concept is really clever with fun visuals as a type of moving image. Clearly alot of time & effort gone into this. I particularly like how the video becomes more & more complicated with a nice finish.
HP - invent from Films & Things on Vimeo.
discovery channel
Nice clip from the discovery channel about the comparison of sizes of planets & suns in our universe.
I particularly like how much this video relates into my project as it's nice to see how it's been tackled by the channel & also shows me that my chosen top 10 subject & theme are appropriate to discovery.
I particularly like how much this video relates into my project as it's nice to see how it's been tackled by the channel & also shows me that my chosen top 10 subject & theme are appropriate to discovery.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
sun and other stars
I found these simple images on 'stumbleupon'. They show how small our sun is compared to some of the other larger stars in our sky. I definitely want to try & get this point across within the animation...
comparitable sizes
Another interesting piece of information that I've been looking att is the size of our sun compared to these bright stars. I find it fascinating looking at the scale of things as it really puts it into perspective along with giving you a greater understanding of the universe.
I found some interesting videos that also try and put sizes into a relative form:
I found some interesting videos that also try and put sizes into a relative form:
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
hadar
HADAR
DISTANCE: 530 ly
APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 0.60 m
SPECTRAL CLASS: B1 lll
By Hipparcos mission data, Beta Centauri is at a distance of about 525/30 light-years, although this may be subject to some debate. If the Hipparcos data is to be taken, of the top 20 brightest stars in our sky, this star ranks as 4th in both intrinsic brightness and distance. A number of other physical characteristics of Beta Centauri are not entirely clear. Dr. James Kaler places it at a distance of 335 light-years. He also gives it a probable surface temperature of about 22,500 K (about 40,000 F or about 4 times as hot as the sun), and a mass of about 9.5 times that of the sun. With that temperature and mass, Beta Centauri must be about 15,500 as luminous as our sun, with a radius 8 times as great. If it is at the greater distance, those values will increase as well.
(far right)
DISTANCE: 530 ly
APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 0.60 m
SPECTRAL CLASS: B1 lll
By Hipparcos mission data, Beta Centauri is at a distance of about 525/30 light-years, although this may be subject to some debate. If the Hipparcos data is to be taken, of the top 20 brightest stars in our sky, this star ranks as 4th in both intrinsic brightness and distance. A number of other physical characteristics of Beta Centauri are not entirely clear. Dr. James Kaler places it at a distance of 335 light-years. He also gives it a probable surface temperature of about 22,500 K (about 40,000 F or about 4 times as hot as the sun), and a mass of about 9.5 times that of the sun. With that temperature and mass, Beta Centauri must be about 15,500 as luminous as our sun, with a radius 8 times as great. If it is at the greater distance, those values will increase as well.
(far right)
Monday, 9 January 2012
achernar
ACHERNAR
DISTANCE: 140 ly
APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 0.50 m
SPECTRAL CLASS: B3 Vpe
Data from the Hipparcos mission puts Achernar at about 140 light-years away. It is a B3V star, meaning that it belongs to the ranks of “normal” stars known as the “main sequence,” but it is much hotter and brighter than the sun.
In fact, it is nearly 1100 times as bright, visually, as our neighborhood star. Brighter, hotter (and bluer) than the sun, Achernar produces more energy in the non-visible ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. When you take this into consideration, it pumps out some 3,000 to as much as 5,000 times the solar energy level. The discrepancy is due to an uncertainty in the amount of UV radiation it produces.
DISTANCE: 140 ly
APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 0.50 m
SPECTRAL CLASS: B3 Vpe
Data from the Hipparcos mission puts Achernar at about 140 light-years away. It is a B3V star, meaning that it belongs to the ranks of “normal” stars known as the “main sequence,” but it is much hotter and brighter than the sun.
In fact, it is nearly 1100 times as bright, visually, as our neighborhood star. Brighter, hotter (and bluer) than the sun, Achernar produces more energy in the non-visible ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. When you take this into consideration, it pumps out some 3,000 to as much as 5,000 times the solar energy level. The discrepancy is due to an uncertainty in the amount of UV radiation it produces.
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