Understanding and interpreting multivalued astronomical data

Thomas Marrinan; Timothy Urness; Charles Nelson; Kory Kreimeyer; Jordan Mirocha

doi:10.1109/MCG.2010.97

Understanding and interpreting multivalued astronomical data

Thomas Marrinan, Timothy Urness, Charles Nelson, Kory Kreimeyer, Jordan Mirocha

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Abstract

The authors describe an interactive visualization system that assists in the analysis of the kinematics of ionized gas in Seyfert galaxies' nuclear regions. The complexity of the data requires the consideration of numerous coexisting variables. They use opacity and color to analyze multiple datasets, both independently and in the context of one another, to identify the mechanism powering a Seyfert galaxy's nuclear outflow.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5556730
Pages (from-to)	12-17
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2010.97
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Astronomy
multivalued visualization
spectroscopy
volume rendering

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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