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Susan Delaney is a technologist and concept artist exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and Art with Midjourney and DALL-E AI. She is actively engaged in volunteer citizen science activities, contributing to data identification, analysis, classification and cataloging with leading space organizations including NASA and the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).
Custom GPT models I built for research scientists and artists
"Cosmic Quest Adventure": An interactive research game
"Cosmic Weaver": An art assistant for visualizing a timeless, spatial universe
"Astro Light Explorer": An expert-level astronomy research assistant
This NASA citizen science project aims to create a comprehensive database of solar jets, small yet significant ejections of solar material, by analyzing data from NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory. Utilizing high-resolution images in extreme ultraviolet light, the initiative seeks to enhance our understanding of the Sun's behavior and its impact on space weather and deepens our knowledge of solar phenomena and their effects on our solar system.
Identify and classify Moon craters and contribute to the advancement of lunar science. Moon Mappers' objective is to provide a large, scientifically robust and geographically broad catalog of lunar craters and other features. Specifically, the identification, cataloging, classification, and analysis of small impact craters (10-1000 m in size), atypical impact formations (e.g., elliptical, exogenic dark-haloed, and concentric craters; bright rays; ejecta exclusion zones), volcanic structures (e.g., vents, endogenic dark-haloed craters, domes, rilles), and other unusual/interesting geologic features that can be used to help answer several fundamental questions in lunar science.
Help NASA scientists identify clouds types, cloud cover, and sky color.
The latest galaxy images come from the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS). Because it uses a larger telescope, DECaLS is 10 times more sensitive to light than the survey that supplied images to the first iteration of Galaxy Zoo, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. That means that we can see more detail.
In an effort to speed up classifications to cope with the large number of galaxies we expect to receive from new surveys, we've been working on ways to combine human classifications with those of machines, inspired by the idea that the combination of both automatic and human classification may be more powerful than either alone.
Gamma rays are the most energetic radiation in the universe and we study them to explore the most exotic and extreme processes and physical conditions. Objects that emit gamma rays include supernova remnants (the remains of stars that exploded at the end of their life), active galactic nuclei (supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies that are accreting matter to produce jets thousands of light years long) and potentially even dark matter (an unidentified type of matter comprising approximately 27% of the mass and energy in the observable universe). In fact, this emission offers the only direct probe of the extreme conditions in these exciting phenomena.
VERITAS is an array of telescopes designed to detect the very highest energy gamma-rays (>1x1011 eV (that is 100,000,000,000 eV), roughly equivalent to the energy of a small fly in flight carried by a single photon!) through their interaction with the Earth's atmosphere. The gamma-rays produce a shower of particles that travel through the atmosphere, emitting Cherenkov light which is then detected by our large (12-m diameter) telescopes.
Gravitational lenses are useful for putting constraints on values of the Hubble constant, the dark energy equation of state, dark matter halo substructure, and for studying high-redshift galaxies at high spatial and flux magnification. Rare lens systems, for example the Jackpot lens, are particularly useful for dark energy and halo profiles. There is a need to find rare lens configurations to obtain statistics on lens and source parameters and to improve cosmological parameters. However rare lens systems can only be found with large lens samples, and large survey samples are also needed to remove small number statistics. The Euclid telescope performs an imaging and slitless spectroscopy survey over half the sky, to map baryon wiggles and weak lensing. During the survey Euclid is expected to resolve 100,000 strong gravitational lens systems. This is ideal to find rare lens configurations, provided they can be identified reliably and on a reasonable timescale.
My observations of galaxies, star clusters, globular clusters and nebulae in the Herschel 400, NGC, Messier, Abell, Barnard, Harvard, Perek-Kohoutek, Sharpless, Stephenson, Stock and several other celestial catalogues.
Solar observation data that I contributed to the AAVSO Solar Section, an international group of observers dedicated to observing our Sun, the closest variable star in the sky. The AAVSO Solar Section monitors and records sunspots from which the monthly American Relative Sunspot Numbers (RA) are computed and used by scientific and academic organizations.
Observations of New England native plants, herbs, wildflowers, berries, ferns, evergreens, lichens, seaweed, algae and geology that I contribute to iNaturalist.org. Observations are reviewed and those that are categorized as Research grade are used by scientific and academic organizations.
Blending Photography and AI Artistry: A Creative Fusion
This innovative project collection blends the art of photography with AI-driven creativity. It begins with using my photography as the foundational inspiration, capturing unique moments and perspectives which are then expanded into artistic concepts. These concepts are refined through collaboration with AI tools like ChatGPT, leading to a collection of artworks that embody the synergy of human and AI creativity. This series pushes the limits of modern artistry. Discover this art work on metamythian.com/art and view the complete artwork collection on X.com/metamythian.
Cosmic Weaver
This conceptual art project, crafts visual representations of a universe that transcends traditional concepts of time and space. In this envisioned cosmos, time fluidly merges into the spatial realm, creating a continuum where beginnings are indefinable and the fabric of reality weaves together the past, present, and future. This project aims to explore and visualize this extraordinary universe, challenging perceptions and inviting viewers to contemplate a realm where temporal boundaries dissolve into the vastness of space. Through this endeavor, I seek to not only push the boundaries of artistic expression but also offer a unique perspective on the cosmos's timeless mysteries.
The field of quantum cosmology attempts to blend the principles of quantum mechanics with those of general relativity. My interest in anomalous light phenomena and the fusion of concept art with Nature's light and energy anomalies explores profound cosmological ideas and fuels new inspirations for my AI-infused conceptual artwork, bridging the esoteric with the empirical.
The blend of quantum cosmology, art, and my experience in capturing Light and energy anomalies could lead to a fascinating exploration of the universe's mysteries, while potentially offering new visually compelling perspectives both in the scientific and artistic domains.
Technology, like my iPhone camera, serves as a crucial mediator to bridge the gap between different levels of perception, capturing and translating my experiences into a form that others can understand and witness. This interplay of science, technology, and spirituality opens up new discussions about the nature of reality and the limitations of human perception.
Custom GPT models I built for research scientists and artists
"Cosmic Quest Adventure": An interactive research game
"Cosmic Weaver": An art assistant for visualizing a timeless, spatial universe
"Astro Light Explorer": An expert-level astronomy research assistant