Universe  ID: 12417

WFIRST 2017 AAS Hyperwall Presentation

Released on January 13, 2017
New hyperwall resources for Neil Gehrels' 2017 AAS talk. Most visuals are 5760x3240 and designed for a 3x3 hyperwall with 1920x1080 screens.
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Static title card.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Beauty pass fly-over animation of the WFIRST spacecraft reminiscent of the opening scene in Star Wars.
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Animation listing a few key points about the mission and then detailing components of the spacecraft.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Close-up of gravitational lensing cluster MACS J1206 as viewed by the ground-based Subaru telescope.

Credit: NAOJ

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Close-up of gravitational lensing cluster MACS J1206 as viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Postman and the CLASH team

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Visualization showing Hubble's view of the sky compared with the Roman Space Telescope's. Uses the lensing cluster MACS J1206. Start matches with still above.

Credit: NASA, NAOJ, ESA

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Comparison of Hubble and Roman Space Telescope image field size. Uses representative Hubble image fields to map mosaic of Andromeda Galaxy.

Credit: NASA, ESA, PHAT Team

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Illustration showing the Wide Field Instrument on WFIRST.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Animation illustrating the changing rate of expansion due to dark energy.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Illustration showing the Coronagraph Instrument on WFIRST.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Animation illustrating how a planet can disappear in a star's bright light, and how a coronagraph can reveal it.
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Animation illustrating how gravitational microlensing works. 4k resolution.
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Several sky images from Spitzer and Hubble, illustrating what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see, and highlighting infrared wavelengths.

Credit: NASA/Spitzer/Hubble

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Summary still highlighting important points about WFIRST.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

 

Source Material

Astronomical Object Beauty Sequences
Dark Energy Expansion Graph
Roman Space Telescope Spacecraft Details for Hyperwall

Credits

Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Lead Producer
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Lead Animator
Neil Gehrels (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Chris Meaney (HTSI): Animator
Walt Feimer (HTSI): Animator
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, individual items should be credited as indicated above.

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Missions:
Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

This item is part of these series:
Astrophysics Visualizations
Astrophysics Animations
Astrophysics Stills

Keywords:
SVS >> Spacecraft
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Hubble Space Telescope
SVS >> Dark Energy
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Presentation
SVS >> WFIRST
SVS >> 4K
SVS >> Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope