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Connor Matherne

"The Wizard Casting Spells Off Into Space (The Wizard Nebula)," 2017. Digital photograph.

Whether used to capture family memories, to document scientific or anthropological findings, to take a killer selfie, or in the service of art—photography's inherent power has always been the act of freezing time. Take photography out of our atmosphere though, out of this world, beyond our galaxy, beyond time—and what does "freezing time" look like? What mysteries might be captured there? 

In the Louisiana Art and Science Museum's exhibit, Astral Visions, Baton Rouge astrophotographer Connor Matherne presents twelve gorgeous celestial sceneries and phenomena. What he's captured is more than a moment though, many of his photographs—taken from millions of lightyears away—take hours and hours to capture through telescopes. 

These images—impossible and beyond the imagination as they are—are both works of aesthetic beauty and scientific intrigue, a look into the cosmos in stunning detail. 

Visitors will also get the opportunity to use the Museum's newest state-of-the-art learning tool. The OmniGlobe contains over 200 images and animations related to atmospheric science and cosmology, and will show viewers the exact locations in the Milky Way of each distant subject from Matherne's works. 

Visit lasm.org for updates on programming associated with the exhibit, which will be on display until December 1, 2019. See more of Matherne's work at CosmicSpeck.com. 

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