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Pismis 24

Pismis 24, a young cluster in Scorpius: one spire tapers to a point 0.14 light-years wide, and its brightest star turned out to be two.

Pismis 24
Pismis 24
Pismis 24 shown in a limewash reading corner beside an armchair and a floor lamp - scale render at 30 × 40 cm
Pismis 24 shown in a graphite plaster wall at night, lit by a console lamp - scale render at 30 × 40 cm
Pismis 24 shown in a beamed room with a greige plaster wall above a long oak sideboard - scale render at 30 × 40 cm
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Material
Size (cm)
Frame
Specification
30 × 40 cm
3 mm Aluminium
No Frame
Mount Kit Included
Price
$130

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About this work

Pismis 24 is a young star cluster about 5,500 light-years away in Scorpius, at the core of the emission nebula NGC 6357. Its brightest member, Pismis 24-1, was once thought to weigh 200 to 300 Suns, which would have made it the most massive star known. A single star was believed to top out near 150. Hubble resolved it into two stars in 2006, now put at 74 and 66 solar masses.

A ridge of lit dust runs gold and tan under the star field. Spires stand off it, shaped by the radiation and winds off the young stars. The tallest in the frame reaches about 5.4 light-years from tip to bottom edge, tapering to a point 0.14 light-years across that softens into the white haze behind. More than 200 solar systems out to Neptune's orbit would fit that width.

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Materials

Metal
The edge of a Madtag aluminium print, a thin bright line, floating clear of a dark wall.

Nothing between you and the picture.

  • The surface for work that wants light.
  • Colour at full strength; blacks hold their depth.
  • Sealed under gloss: no frame, no glazing.
  • 3 mm aluminium composite, floats clear of the wall.
Arrives flat, hanging system included
Paper
A Madtag print on a sheet of matte fine art paper, curling at one corner to show its thickness.

Hahnemühle, not poster paper.

  • When you want the best.
  • Unframed, it is Hahnemühle: photographs on Photo Rag 308, 100% cotton.
  • Painterly work on German Etching 310, mould-made and textured.
  • Over 300 gsm, printed as a pigment giclée.
Arrives rolled in a Madtag tube
Framed
The corner of a Madtag print in a black wood frame, the sheet flush against the moulding behind acrylic, no mount board.

For the wall you want finished.

  • Framed and finished; no trip to a framer.
  • A different print: 200 gsm coated silk, made as one piece.
  • Black, white or natural wood moulding.
  • Acrylic glazing, no mount board: the sheet fills the frame.
Arrives flat in its frame
Canvas
A Madtag print on stretched canvas with a solid black wrapped edge.

Nothing lost around the corner.

  • Occupies the room rather than hanging flat.
  • Stretched over a 40 mm deep FSC wood frame.
  • No glazing; the weave itself takes the light.
  • The picture stops at the face; edges solid black, always.
Arrives stretched and ready to hang
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