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Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Sunspots timelapse list (check for periodic update       #5220072 - 05/13/12 11:31 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a preview of what I've decided to do in times of bad weather. Since I find the animations / time lapse on a subject like the sun, is the best formulas to describe few phenomena, I decideded to tell you how an active region evolve in its journey across the solar disk. I promised myself to assemble an animation of the most impressive spots that offers us the Sun. I'm not allowed by the nature to personally photograph the sun for 24 hours on 24 so I used data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory collecting all the photos they made at intervals of 10 minutes and I aligned and assembled to ensure that the camera is centered on the same active region by making the transformation more evident. This first experiment was done on the NOAA 1459 that I photographed last month, and will be followed by the 1450 where can be seen the birth of the sunspot. Among the candidates there is certainly also the NOAA 1476 that I managed to shoot only once due to bad weather but that is giving the show. I hope you enjoy it and you will follow the next videos. PS - In the month's data I downloaded the HMI camera that I followed has had a couple of moments of maintenance with a large hole of few hours, this is noted with a small jump in the animation, I hope the next will be exempt. Edited by spaceydee (06/24/12 02:05 PM) Post Extras:       sulcis2000 sage Reged: 10/10/09 Loc: Dolianova - ITALY Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5220181 - 05/13/12 12:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Fantastic vision! Post Extras:       OriNebula journeyman Reged: 01/04/07 Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: sulcis2000]       #5220222 - 05/13/12 12:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you for the movie. My son (9 yrs) enjoyed it a lot too. Beth Post Extras:       GooglyEyes sage Reged: 11/29/11 Loc: Colorado Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: OriNebula]       #5220283 - 05/13/12 01:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is so cool, Paolo. I enjoyed it immensely. Mar Post Extras:       JJK scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 04/28/08 Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5220818 - 05/13/12 07:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice work! Post Extras:       dyslexic nam Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/28/08 Loc: PEI, Canada Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: JJK]       #5220851 - 05/13/12 08:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very, very cool. Post Extras:       Jesus Munoz sage Reged: 03/09/07 Loc: Querétaro, México Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: dyslexic nam]       #5221028 - 05/13/12 10:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post Extras:       Arne Danielsen super member Reged: 08/21/11 Loc: Vestby, Norway Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: Jesus Munoz]       #5221227 - 05/14/12 01:15 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very cool! Best regards, Arne Post Extras:       Vince22 sage Reged: 02/02/10 Loc: Italy - Bolzano Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: Arne Danielsen]       #5221262 - 05/14/12 02:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Paolo ! Reallybgreat work .... Bravo ! Ciao Vince Post Extras:       LarryAlvarez Post Laureate Reged: 08/12/05 Loc: Texas Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: Vince22]       #5221355 - 05/14/12 06:40 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent work. I remember the view of the spot at various times in the movie. Clear Skyz, Post Extras:       AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: LarryAlvarez]       #5222203 - 05/14/12 03:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   tnx you all, i'm working on a new time-lapse and experimenting on how compare different wave light, i hope to find a good solution and let you see the results Post Extras:       robert_arnold Post Laureate Reged: 11/08/05 Loc: Isle of Skye, Scotland Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5222206 - 05/14/12 03:52 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Lovely, very well done and fascinating too Robert Post Extras:       AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5240623 - 05/26/12 12:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   As I promised I realized the animation for the NOAA 1476. Same specs of the first one, about 10 days real time, with images at 10 minutes time-lapse. Unfortunately the YouTube compression is heavy, my original movies are perfect with no artifacts. If you need the animations for didactic/informative purpose, let me know, I could give a better version. Post Extras:       Andy Devey Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/06/11 Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5240808 - 05/26/12 02:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Beautiful work Paola What data are you using Regards Andy Post Extras:       robert_arnold Post Laureate Reged: 11/08/05 Loc: Isle of Skye, Scotland Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: Andy Devey]       #5240844 - 05/26/12 03:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent again Robert Post Extras:       bill1234 professor emeritus Reged: 04/21/11 Loc: NJ, USA Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: robert_arnold]       #5240869 - 05/26/12 03:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for that post. Post Extras:       AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: Andy Devey]       #5242255 - 05/27/12 01:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I used data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, from HMI instrument in the continuum wavelight. This time there were no instrument shutdown, but in the new animation I'm working on there are several data holes and I will need to find a solution. I postponed the timelapse with different wavelights animations do to the lot more works I need for all the process. Post Extras:       FRodil professor emeritus Reged: 12/15/06 Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5249799 - 05/31/12 11:55 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Looks great to me, very good job Post Extras:       MAURITS professor emeritus Reged: 09/22/09 Loc: Diksmuide (Belgium) Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: FRodil]       #5249919 - 06/01/12 01:59 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great job! Post Extras:       Derek Klepp sage Reged: 06/27/10 Loc: Yelgun NSW; Australia Re: Evolution of a sunspot [Re: MAURITS]       #5250036 - 06/01/12 06:57 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   These are superb but I must admit the view on the IPAD was the best. Your time and effort in producing these is greatly appreciated. Cheers Derek Post Extras:       AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Sunspots timelapse list (check for periodic update [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5275822 - 06/17/12 03:45 PM Attachment (29 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I finally decided to publish tha animation about the birth of a sunspost. I admit I'm not totaly satisfied with it, however it is already a good point to start where can be seen the confrontation between the different wavelights. The work to build it was very long (like three animation plus some extras ) but it was a good experience and I could write a first workflow for possible future sunspots. I used the SDO data of the AIA and HMI teams to make the time-lapse of the active region NOAA 1460 during a period of about 6-7 days. I hope you will like it. Below you can see a frame of the original movie, a little different from what you see on Youtube. Youtube - Vimeo (better quality) If you need the video at better quality for didactic/informative purpose, let me know, I will share on dropbox. If you don't have an account please make one with my referrer, atleast I gain few MB for the new videos. Edited by spaceydee (06/24/12 02:07 PM) Post Extras:       BYoesle Post Laureate Reged: 06/12/04 Loc: Washington USA Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5276493 - 06/18/12 01:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   WOW! Thank you so much for all your efforts - really amazing animations! Post Extras:       Andy Devey Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/06/11 Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: BYoesle]       #5276778 - 06/18/12 09:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Paola Beautiful piece of work, how long did it take you? Really appreciate your efforts here Regards Andy Post Extras:       AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Re: Evolution of a sunspot (animation) [Re: Andy Devey]       #5277180 - 06/18/12 01:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The more time consuming is the start period with different tests to find a valid workflow with codec/effects, that take few days. Then for each wavelight animation I need atleast a couple of hours to collect and organize the data, an other couple hours to allign and follow the active region during the several days of capture and an hour to assemble and code the final video. This time i played/built few effects so I needed a couple of hours of extra time for the final step where i joined the different animations on several layers to find a good presentation. Post Extras:       spaceydee Postmaster Reged: 04/16/04 Loc: Where the Kittens Are Sunspots timelapse list (check for periodic update [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5286826 - 06/24/12 02:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Everyone, I've changed the basic title of this thread to reflect that there will likely be periodic updates. Post Extras:       AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Re: Sunspots timelapse list - new video [Re: spaceydee]       #5562498 - 12/09/12 01:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   After few months of stop I'm here to publish a new animation about the evolution of the massive sunspot that appeared in the month of March 2012, the active region NOAA 1429 in the continuum wavelight, as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Unfotunately the satellite's instruments had few stop for maintenance so I had to join data from different sources to fill the gaps, but it was impossible to reach the same fluidity. Howevr with this movies you can understand how he sunspot changed during 10 days; I used about 1000 images captured with time lapse of 10-15 minutes. If you would like to see a particular big sunspot evolution, let me know the NOAA code and date, i will try to make it. Post Extras:       rockethead26 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/21/09 Loc: Indiana, USA Re: Sunspots timelapse list - new video [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5562714 - 12/09/12 04:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very cool, Paolo. Thanks for doing the animation. Post Extras:       raylal Pooh-Bah Reged: 04/19/10 Loc: Cornwall, Ont., Canada Re: Sunspots timelapse list - new video [Re: rockethead26]       #5563631 - 12/10/12 07:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   WOW, that is wonderful. Great work. Ray Post Extras:       AstroPaolo sage Reged: 01/30/08 Re: Sunspots timelapse list - new video [Re: raylal]       #5568718 - 12/13/12 06:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   tnx, when i has time i usually try to make a new one. Post Extras:       Thomas Ashcraft Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/10/07 Re: Sunspots timelapse list - new video [Re: AstroPaolo]       #5568965 - 12/13/12 10:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is spectacular work and effort. Thank you. Clear skies, Thomas Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all)

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