I’m doing studies for a painting that involves a spacescape — these links, mostly to NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day should inform the studies. I suppose i’ll turn some of them into ATC if i can figure out how to use acrylic on cardstock without too much warping. Maybe a prep layer of regular gel medium?
I also know that it’s not likely one could see stars and galaxies and a ten-degree view of a Jupiter-like planet all at once — the brightness of the planet would make seeing the stars difficult. I think i don’t care.
Jupiter:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031114.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030906.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021207.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030309.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/image_of_day_030603.html
Jupiter and “stars”
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030403.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020925.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010322.html
Galaxies:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040426.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040407.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040211.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010608.html — in draco
Draco:
http://www.crystalinks.com/draco.html
http://www.astronomy.net/constellations/draco.html
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Draco.html
Draco1:
Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Uranometria : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa; Plate C The constellation Draco (the Dragon); An edition of the plates only, dated 1603 on title page, but without descriptive text or colophon; therefore this edition was published in 1624 or later.
Creation Information: Date: 1624 People: Johannes Bayer, author
Collection: Part of History of Astronomical Observation
Contributed by Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California, 91108 United States
Object ID: CSHRRB482143PlC
AMICO has several dragon etchings by Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555 – 1630).