Prints
These prints are made by hand by a small team. If your item is not in stock, it will take an additional 1 to 4 weeks to make and ship out. If you need your print by a specific date please message us before placing your order.
Messenger
Messenger
Drawn entirely with numbers and equations relating to the nebula's distance, temperature and variables necessary for star formation within the nebula. Check below for the full description. Each print comes with a description of the numbers used.
The Eagle Nebula is a HII nebula, and is primarily composed of ionized atomic Hydrogen or HII.
The wavelength for molecular Hydrogen is 656.281, which gives the nebula a red coloring.
The majority of the main “body” is drawn with that wavelength.
These Nebulae are also composed of about 20% Helium and trace amounts of heavier elements.
HII Nebula reach upwards of 10,000 K. This data is also drawn in the main “body” of the nebula.
The Eagle Nebula is 6,500 light years away, which is the data the space around the nebula is drawn with.
The stars themselves are drawn with the speed of light, 299,792,458 m/s.
Given that this Nebula is about 6,500 light years away, we are seeing it as it was about 6,500 years ago.
According to the Spitzer Space Telescope, The Pillars of Creation were most likely destroyed
by a nearby super nova around six thousand years ago.
It will take another 500 – 1,000 years for the image of it’s destroyed state to reach us.
The majority of the “snail” part of the nebula is drawn with Jean’s Instability equation,
which expresses the parameters which cause the collapse of interstellar gas clouds and subsequent star formation.
In general, the cloud is unstable if it is either very massive at a given temperature or very
cool at a given mass for gravity to overcome the gas pressure.
It occurs when the internal gas pressure is not strong enough to prevent gravitational collapse
of a region filled with matter.
There are also some hidden lines drawn in here, which I will leave for you to find for yourself.
Fine Art Print Options:
Paper prints are printed on fine art luster paper and are under an archival mat, perfect for beautiful framing.
The 11" x 14" with mat is 16" x 20"
The 16" x 20" with mat is 20" x 24"
Canvas prints are coated with 3 layers of UV glaze to protect from fading. Open edition canvas prints are signed by the artist, and stretched on 3/4" wood bars and are ready to hang with two nails or screws.
Limited Edition canvas prints are stretched on 2" - 2.5" wood bars and are wired and ready to hang.
Limited Edition Canvas prints are signed, numbered and dated, come with a magnifying glass and a certificate of authenticity, which includes the limited information, and a full description of the numbers used to draw the piece.
Allow 1 - 3 weeks shipping time