Astronomical Digital Images Inc.
As this page opens in your browser you will hear the music of Shirley Cason with the sound emanating from the region of the Orion Nebula in the background This is a region where gas and dust are being reformulated and new stars are being born. The wave form for the sound comes from the neutral hydrogen atom which spontaneously decays and emits a photon about once every 12 million years. Fortunately, hydrogen is found in great abundance throughout the galaxy and these seemingly infrequent emissions are sufficient to be detected and studied. Please click on other links below for more sounds.
You can
use these sounds to play in the background while working on your computer.
We have also recorded visual images of celestial objects that match the
locations in space where these
sounds are emitted. They can also be played on Windows Media Player with
Microsoft visualisations.
Our company offers sounds from outer
space gathered by our own radio telescopes
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Here we present images of some celestial objects taken with our optical
telescopes and associated
audio recorded using the radio telescope array. Click on an image to
get the enlarged version and click on its name to hear the associated audio. In
most cases (depending upon the browser settings) the audio should automatically
open the default player (such as Windows Media Player) and start playing.
Otherwise you may have to download and save it to your PC and play in your audio
application.
For additional and more detailed information on radio astronomy
All the audio on this page was edited from raw data with the aid of Goldwave's Digital Audio Editor. This is the way Shirley Cason's music also was integrated into the sound of Orion Nebula.
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Pillars of Creation |
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Lagoon & Trifid Nebula |
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Crab
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Omega Nebula |
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ADDITIONAL CCD ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY FROM JOHN SEFICK
We are interested in your feedback regarding this project. Please contact John Sefick at jsefick@earthlink.net or phone 505-263-3136
