ÒIt Ôs not the visualizations we want itÕs the visualizations we needÓ
ÒLie whenever necessary, as long as it doesnÕt distort the meaning.Ó
ÒWhere science and art meetÓ
List determined by project
Criteria:
Top down (science to public)
Public driven (public asks of science)
Catagories for visualizations
Didactic
Pedagogical
Beauty Shots
Didactic
Multi-wavelength
Active galaxy
Sp. Galaxy
Familiar objects (MW, Jupiter, Crab)
Sun
Galaxy formation
Black hole formation
Black Hole Collision
Space junk map
Cosmological grand tour
Mars planetary data (surface)
Saturn system
Venus
Planetary Surfaces / ATM / magnetosphere
Solar system with Astreriod belt
Narrow line imaging
Time-resolved
Gamma Ray Bursts
Gamma Ray Burst Distribution
X-ray
LSST
Large-scale structure of the Universe
Sloan – Large Survey
2DF
Cometary tails
Earth Science
Evolution of the continents over time
Gaseous Pillars
Ionization fronts
CanÕt be done???:
Big Bang???
Epic of Reionization
Atoms (true atomic structure)
Solar System (correct time scale)
Dark Energy
Dark matter
Fluid dynamics of atmospheric effects
Pedagogical visualizations:
Electromagnetic spectrum
HR diagrams
Spectra
Earth Moon system
Beauty shots
Conceptual Animations (needed to explain concept)
Galaxy collision, etc.
Planetary Nebula formation
Formation of the solar system
Gravitational lensing
Super Nova explosion
Formation of the CMB
Star Formation
Extra solar planetary system orbits
Quasars
Intergalactic medium structure
ISM structure (local bubble)
Real-time or pre-rendered sequences priorities may be different
Models & simualtions: