James Trayford

@trayford.bsky.social

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Audible Astrophysics :: Galaxy Formation & Evolution - Research Fellow at the Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth UK - audiouniverse.org - github.com/james-trayford/strauss - https://james-trayford.github.io/

a galaxy merges with a smaller satellite, showing stars, gas and dark matter, accompanied by a sonified soundtrack, following the approach demonstrated in the BVI accessible video at the top of this thread.
a video showing gas temperature mapped to colour for an evolving galaxy, set to a sonified soundtrack. We hear and see the hot, energetic gas outflows that regulate the galaxies star formation.
Demonstrating the sonification approach for the COLIBRE simulations for an evolving galaxy, with narration for BVI accessibility
Arron George, a tall man from Trinidad wearing a patterned shirt and dark glasses
Galaxy Zoo / SDSS - montage taken from Galaxy Zoo Blog: https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2014/07/11/the-seven-wonders-of-galaxy-zoo/
String of LEDs lit from orange to blue indicating, stars from 0.3 solar to 150 solar mass. These evolve following real stellar tracks from the MIST library and we see them evolve in colour and brightness before dying and leaving a remnant. Sound is mapped in stereo as if each star is sings a note based on its temperature, before evolving to a post-main sequence phase and dying with a bang or whoosh.
close up of zebra shark circling in open aquarium tank
bird's-eye view of zebra shark in open aquarium tank
exaggerated animation of satellite trails moving across the night sky up ahead. stereo sonification is used where each satellite is emitting a steady bleeping depending on their brightness. This example is discordant (unlike the harmonious example above in the thread)
Image of Hanny's Voorwerp with an angry face
Crop of turkey tail fungus growing on a log
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Flashing lights with a changing colour palette every second or so
A 4 by 8 montage of virtual images of simulated galaxies, emulating SDSS observations, and showing various shapes and structures
four images of virtual galaxies from cosmological simulations, emulating colour images of real observed galaxiesfrom the SDSS survey
A (lifesize papier-mache) iguanadon
James is smiling, standing between the NASA logo and the JWST mission control center entrance