An enchanting Hamburg trip

It’s been a while since I posted something but I thought I’d share this sketch of the observatory in Hamburg Bergedorf. I visited it for a telescope meeting that took place along with the @lndmhh and it is absolutely worth the visit from all the telescopes right up to a library full of astronomical books […]

A painting of a false color photo from Jupiter by NASA.

Jupiter’s Portrait

This acrylic painting was inspired by a composite photo of NASA NIRCam. It unveils auroras on both poles, swirling hazes and the awe-inspiring Great Red Spot, a famous storm that is over 300 years old. The brightness indicates high altitude – so the Great Red Spot appears white in this view while clouds with a lower altitude appear darker and blue.

A spaced out scarf…

Sometimes I just can’t help it and have to check out how things turn out on different mediums. So a while ago I ordered this scarf with my horsehead nebula and this is how it turned out: Ps. If you like this scarf, head over to Redbubble where you can currently get 30% off 👇

Swans and sweet memories

Sometimes I wonder why I take so long to share some things 😅 Like this journal page from last year for example. It had been a nice day in Oldenburg and a fun evening at the Kramermarkt (yes, I am a fan of fun fairs!) with meeting old colleagues. And I really loved how the […]

A journal page with a photo from the James Webb space telescope and some stickers.

Flashback – Webb’s first photos

Today I have a little flashback to July 2022 when the James Webb space telescope showed the first photos of Stephan’s Quintett – five galaxies in the constellation of pegasus. I used yellow hexagon squares for the background in reference to the mirror construction which was quite some fun 😄Also used some of the cute […]