Astronomical Illustrations and
Space Art gallery

Introduction

People through eons of time have always gazed upon the sky at night and wondered what those twinkling lights are.
The vastness of space is difficult to grasp and the mind does not immediately understand for how long the light from those distant twinkling lights, the stars, has been travelling through space, to reach your eyes!
Earth is nothing but a grain of sand on the cosmic beach. There are hundreds of millions or even hundreds of billions of stars in a galaxy, and there are billions and billions of galaxies in the universe. Imagine how many planets there could be around those stars!

What is Space Art?

Space Art strives to illustrate the universe. Sometimes it is considered the same as astronomical art. Though the latter also includes astronomical hardware, such as space probes and telescopes.
What is important to notice is that space and astronomical art is based on the knowledge we have of the universe. Thus, this art genre is different from other art forms in the sense that the artist (usually) has a great knowledge about the universe and very little is drawn from the imagination.

Nova Celestia aims to illustrate the vastness of the universe through digital media (space art, illustrations, and probably 3D animations in the future). There are seven part of this gallery: binary star systems, exo-planets, galaxies, nebulae, the solar system, stars and variable stars. Each part contains subpages with information as well as illustrations or space art.



Fahad Sulehria,
Astronomical Artist,
IAAA Member,
Administrator of Nova Celestia,
Moderator of Solar Voyager,
Amateur Astronomer.

Space Art Gallery content

Binary star systems
Extra-solar planets
Galaxies - Upd. 21/3 - 06
Nebulae *
Solar system
Stars *
Variable stars *

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* Means empty. I'm working on completing this gallery as soon as possible.

Astronomy references