Iota Draconis is a piece of digital artwork by Kim Sy Ok which was uploaded on January 16th, 2013.
Title
Iota Draconis
Artist
Kim Sy Ok
Medium
Digital Art
Description
Iota Draconis is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. It has the traditional name Edasich, a name that comes from the Arabic Al Ḍhiba' of Ulug Beg and the Dresden Globe, or Al dhîlî 'Male hyena' by Kazwini, with Eldsich being recorded in the Century Cyclopedia. A visually unremarkable star of apparent magnitude 3.3, in 2002 it was discovered to have a planet. From parallax measurements, this star is located at a distance of about 101.2 light-years (31.0 parsecs) from Earth.
Thank you for your visit. Made in Apophysis.
Uploaded
January 16th, 2013
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Comments (27)
Martin Davey
Very exciting image. I'm reminded of a planet or particle exploding. Great rendering and use of colours! L
Kim Sy Ok
Thank you so much First Star for featuring this fractal in the Loving the Color Orange group-I'm so honored!
Kim Sy Ok
Thank you so much Barbara,Steven,Marie,James,Greg,Anne,Shawna,Gary,Kume,Cheryl,Rosy,Sandi,Barbara,Tautvydas,Joanna,Bob,Xueling,Miki, Mihyoun and Cindy for your awesome support and comments-thrilled you like it, thank you!
Tautvydas Davainis
Kim,great visual abstract stunning shapes and colour absolutely fantastic///Tautvydas :)