1. Seeing Science with Animation Alyssa A. Goodman Harvard University

2. Seeing Science with Animation Telling a Story Capturing a Moment

3. PV Ceph: The Story Goodman & Arce 2004 Figure 1 “Speeding Young Star” (The Moment)

4. Animation for Good, and for Ill Good Stories (a.k.a.) “Visual Explanations” Evolution of processes in time “Tracking” Finding key moments Ill Studying processes where non-sequential frames are critically related e.g. 2-D slices of 3-D data, shown in time

5. Numerical Simulation of Star Formation (Good) Bate, Bonnell & Bromm 2002 (UKAFF) MHD turbulence gives “t=0” conditions; Jeans mass=1 M sun 50 M sun, 0.38 pc, n avg =3 x 10 5 ptcls/cc forms ~50 objects T=10 K SPH, no B or  movie=1.4 free-fall times

6. Animation for Good & Ill Good Stories (a.k.a.) “Visual Explanations” Evolution of processes in time “Tracking” Finding key moments Ill Studying processes where non-sequential frames are critically related e.g. 2-D slices of 3-D data, shown in time

7. Barnard’s Perseus COMPLETE/FCRAO W( 13 CO) Animation frames are velocity “slices,” NOT time steps (Ill)

8. Coordinate System Position (x) Position (y) Velocity along line of sight (v z )

9. 3D Slicer Demo IIC contacts: Michael Halle & Ron Kikinis

11. “Spectral-Line” Mapping

12. Alves, Lada & Lada 1999 Radio Spectral-Line Survey “Spectral-Line” Mapping

13. Velocity from Spectroscopy 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 Intensity 400350300250200150100 "Velocity" Observed Spectrum All thanks to Doppler Telescope  Spectrometer

14. 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 Intensity 400350300250200150100 "Velocity" Observed Spectrum Telescope  Spectrometer All thanks to Doppler Velocity from Spectroscopy

15. “Astronomical Medicine” Excerpts from Junior Thesis of Michelle Borkin (Harvard College); IIC Contacts: AG (FAS) & Michael Halle (HMS/BWH/SPL)

16. IC 348

17. “Astronomical Medicine”

18. Excerpts from Junior Thesis of Michelle Borkin (Harvard College); IIC Contacts: AG (FAS) & Michael Halle (HMS/BWH/SPL)

19. “Astronomical Medicine” After “Medical Treatment” Before “Medical Treatment”

20. Goal: Statistical Comparison of “Real” and “Synthesized” Star Formation Figure based on work of Padoan, Nordlund, Juvela, et al. Excerpt from realization used in Padoan & Goodman 2002.