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ABSTRACT

How a 40-billion-pixel Orion Nebula visualization was rendered for a 9.1-million-pixel display at the Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.2 PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT
      H.2.0 General
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.1 Hardware architecture
      I.3.3 Picture/Image Generation
      I.3.7 Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.8 Types of Simulation