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Agree with Freddy, that last one Snowy posted looks great, to me, one of the best so far.

I had never seen any wallpapers for 3 monitors before yours Dave, it’s a novel idea.

How long would it take to make something like that 1280x1024 one, creation and rendering?

[DaveMorton]

It varies greatly, depending on the complexity of the scene. Usually, the scenes take between 2 and 6 hours to set up, and about twice that to render, with max detail and just my box doing the rendering. I can usually cut 2/3 of the render time off, if I set all the local computers (there are 6 of them) to be rendering nodes, but that's a real hassle. That scene actually took less time to render than it did to set up, but that's only because I had to do a LOT of research and tweaking to get the dimensions to be perfect.

[Snowcrash]

The Dark Tower in Scorpius

This dark tower is designated NGC 6231 with an image of the whole area here. This image is from APOD. Cropped and rotated by me.



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If you would like to find the original pictures of what I make then check out Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) and Hubble's archive websites. And this link to the forum.
And of course, the Gallery.

[Snowcrash]

Mecury Mosaic

Found this pic via the Bad Astronomy website and is image data from the Messenger probe.



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[DaveMorton]

Great stuff, Snowy! Thanks. Gotta love Dr. Phil Plait!

By the way, I'm making good use of those planetary surface maps. I'll be posting a few planets in the coming days.

[Snowcrash]

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

This is a recent image from APOD. Another cool nebula. Also know as M16 and NGC6611. There's loadsa good pics in this nebula. Wiki here.



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[Snowcrash]

Orion Nebula Tip to Toe

This is the image I want to take with my own hand. I'm not sure where I got this image. This link shows the image annotated. Most close up images show the M42 bit. And lots of info on Wiki.



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[DaveMorton]

That makes two of us, Snowy. It's just past 5AM here, and Orion is simply lovely, just east of zenith, with the moon just west, and Jupiter hovering nearby. Too bad I don't have a camera that's capable of taking the shot.

[Snowcrash]

Blue Marble Earth

Not posted a wallpaper for ages. Here's a nice one of the Earth I found on APOD a while ago.



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