Tried some night illustration again yesterday. Figuring out how to represent the stars in overcast and/or light-polluted night skies is proving to be a bit of a math problem. I fucked up the scaled placement of the stars here as well: ⅔rd of the Summer Triangle looks fairly okay to me, but Ras Algethi and Ras Alhague needed to be spaced out more and aligned better, and Antares way more to the right-side margin.
You can also see where I got tired of plotting out the fine foliar detail and rushed the conclusion 
I'm just getting started and I'm focused on having fun and not being mean to myself anymore, so I felt like I could just do that once in a while. Vega and Altair were big on the east-northeast when I was wrapping up for bed, almost up on the celestial meridian. Couldn't find Deneb Adige, but I thought I could see Polaris and Eltanin.
#VoidMoonVibes 
#MastoArt #TraditionalArt #InkDrawing #NightSky
![Closeup of the centre-top portion of the ink drawing on brown packing paper placed on the ivory white pages of an open book: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee. Of the drawing, the stars in the clouded sky and the topmost parts of the darker tree silhouettes are in focus. The text in the background reads: "I was a little stung by Babak's dismissiveness, but I later came to understand that it came from the cynicism of experience. The true worth of a ruhker was in long days of hunting and uncelebrated toil. The first manticore kill, [...] holy ashes in the Fire Temple, the royal feast [...] would never hap-".](https://media.mastodon.sunny.garden/media_attachments/files/114/389/042/654/246/221/original/74207df3d939ffba.jpg "Closeup of the centre-top portion of the ink drawing on brown packing paper placed on the ivory white pages of an open book: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee. Of the drawing, the stars in the clouded sky and the topmost parts of the darker tree silhouettes are in focus. The text in the background reads: \"I was a little stung by Babak's dismissiveness, but I later came to understand that it came from the cynicism of experience. The true worth of a ruhker was in long days of hunting and uncelebrated toil. The first manticore kill, [...] holy ashes in the Fire Temple, the royal feast [...] would never hap-\".")
Hey y’all!
Due to the bad weather, I have been revisiting my past pictures, like this one of IC 342. I am slowly improving my processing skills. Had to share this with you.
5D Mark IV · 24-70mm
41mm · f/5.6 · ISO 1600 · 3.2s
#Messier 91 is a barred spiral #galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, located about 60 million light-years from Earth, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed around March 22nd.
Detailed Information: https://astrocamp.eu/m91
▼ Baader Apo 95 Travel Companion | SkyEye62AM '25
Baby's first night illustration 
I have a long journey ahead to getting the exact look that I want and can be personally satisfied with; but I can't help but be proud of this thing I made.
I went out in the evening and found Sirius glimmering in the west-southwest, alone in a rather overcast sky ramping up the humidity. Felt like they'd like to be included here, despite my beginner-level drawing skill.
#VoidMoonVibes 
#MastoArt #TraditionalArt #InkDrawing #NightSky
NEW #Astrophoto: NGC 2281
In March, during a short astro session, I captured the bright open star cluster NGC 2281 in the constellation #Auriga.
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/224z8
▼ Vixen VC200L | EOS R(a) '25
It's started! I'm at 51.5°N latitude in a suburban town east of London and am seeing some magenta hue patches of the aurora in the night sky.
Anyone see the Northern lights last night?
Double solar eruption lights up night sky with auroras.
Feeling me some good old-fashioned night-sky vibes tonight, with twinkling stars, crescent moons, and, yes, the ever-faint airglow. My own digital painting, "Airglow of the night".
Moon-rise Waning Gibbous Moon
95.5% Illuminated - April 14th, 2025
Canon R7 Mirrorless - Tamron SP AF 70-300mm VC USD Lens - ISO: 800 - Aperture: f/10 - Shutter Speed: 1/60 Sec
“Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same…”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Messier 88 (M88) is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices, approximately 47 million light-years away from Earth. This galaxy reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed end of March.
Detailed Information: https://astrocamp.eu/m88
▼ Baader Apo 95 Travel Companion | SkyEye62AM '25
I just spent the past 3.5 hours walking around in the woods at night with a few students for an amphibian night lab. Full moon, wood frogs and barred owls calling through the night, spotted salamanders swimming around. (they requested a weekend option, and it was only supposed to be 2 hours but they wanted to keep exploring more). the night and their excitement of seeing wildlife lifts my mood.
#nightsky #spring #nightlife #wildlife #pond
: В новинах побачила, що сьогодні рожевий повний мікромісяць. Інколи цікаво, чи не вигадують автори цих статей ці назви на ходу? Але на всякий випадок вийшла на двір та швиденько зняла, поки вона сходила. Canon R6
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12/04/2025 - Night time walk up the hill. Started about 11pm and found a quiet spot facing east by 12am. Tonight's stupid idea was to try for comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN). To pass the few hours wait we had a look at the Crescent Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Round 3am we got a snap of the comet low near the horizon. Just a tiny fuzzy green dot but I was pretty happy with that. The morning twilight was coming so time to head back. In bed by 5.30am. Top night out.
