C/2023 A3: A Comet Worth Watching
My first time seeing a comet: C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) appeared clearly above the light dome of Delfzijl. A quiet evening at the dyke, shared telescope views, and my first real try at photographing a comet.
Schlagwort: Astronomy
A Week Under the Stars
In October, I attended our annual star party in Zwischenbergen/Wiesmoor, where amateur astronomers from across Germany gathered to share their passion for the night sky. This year, we were fortunate to enjoy clear skies on several nights—and a few very special surprises. But more on that later. On October 5th, I traveled to Zwischenbergen with […]
Holm 124 on canvas
Finally I could make a photo of this painting. I painted it from a photo that @deepsky.balve took a while ago and I love how it turned out.
Partial lunar eclipse from Oct. 28th
On October 28th there was a partial lunar eclipse taking place. It was rather cloudy but we were at least lucky enough to see it through the clouds. In Germany it was also astronomy day so our astronomy group offered an observation evening in the tiny observatory.
A rainbow in the nightsky
I actually started this illustration back in May but I was too busy to finish and post it. Now I finally had time to do so and I absolutely love how it turned out with the colorful galaxy hair. Somehow at the moment I love to play with digital mediums and also combine vector illustrations […]
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 […]
Bringing a Celestial Scene to Life
These videos have been a pain in the a* to edit. Simply because I had the glorious idea to film the process in almost 4K 🙄 But I finally managed it and hope you enjoy this little timelapse of my acrylic ink experiment on raw cotton.
A cosmic symphony
Part 3 of my acrylic painting „A cosmic symphony“ is slowly coming together.
Aurora – the northern lights
The northern lights are always magical. So when I came across a tutorial beginning of 2022 I just had to try it.