Altazimuth
Instrument for determining both the altitude and the azimuth of a star.
Altazimuth
Instrument for determining both the altitude and the azimuth of a star.
Altazimuth
Instrument for determining both the altitude and the azimuth of a star.
Altazimuth
Corona
Borealis
Altazimuth is a collaboration between astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek and designer Neeltje Kromdijk.
'What if we could experience the distances of the stars in a human scale? That was the question arising when Lucas and Neeltje sat together. What is we could see the constellations as we know them, to orientate in the night sky, but now as three dimensional objects?'
Neeltje started collecting all the data from the stars and Lucas came with a formula to transform the distances from lightyears into centimeters. All you see in the designs, the shapes, colors and brightnesses are the results of this data. You can experience the order of brightness in every constellation, get information about what kind of star it is because of it's color and actual experience the relative proportions of the stars.
'It is a suprise every time, to see what shape evolves out of the stardata of each constellation, Neeltje says. And so exciting to create these new shapes that are rooted in a very old tradition.
Altazimuth is a collaboration between astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek and designer Neeltje Kromdijk.
'What if we could experience the distances of the stars in a human scale? That was the question arising when Lucas and Neeltje sat together. What is we could see the constellations as we know them, to orientate in the night sky, but now as three dimensional objects?'
Neeltje started collecting all the data from the stars and Lucas came with a formula to transform the distances from lightyears into centimeters. All you see in the designs, the shapes, colors and brightnesses are the results of this data. You can experience the order of brightness in every constellation, get information about what kind of star it is because of it's color and actual experience the relative proportions of the stars.
'It is a suprise every time, to see what shape evolves out of the stardata of each constellation, Neeltje says. And so exciting to create these new shapes that are rooted in a very old tradition.
Altazimuth is a collaboration between astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek and designer Neeltje Kromdijk.
'Sitting together the question rose; what if we could experience the distances of the stars in a human scale. What is we could see the constellations as we know them, to orientate in the night sky, but now as three dimensional objects?'
Neeltje started collecting recent data from the stars and Lucas came with a formula to transform the distances from lightyears into centimeters. All you see in the designs, the shapes, colors and brightnesses are the results of this data. You can experience the order of brightness in every constellation, get information about what kind of star it is because of it's color and actual experience the relative proportions of the stars.
'It is a suprise every time, to see what shape evolves out of the stardata of each constellation, Neeltje says. And so exciting to create these new shapes that are rooted in a very old tradition.
ASTRONOMER
Lucas Ellerbroek
ASTRONOMER
Lucas Ellerbroek
Altazimuth is a collaboration between astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek and designer Neeltje Kromdijk.
'What if we could experience the distances of the stars in a human scale? That was the question that arised when Lucas and Neeltje sat together. What is we could see the constellations as we know them, to orientate in the night sky, but now as three dimensional objects?'
Neeltje started collecting all the data from the stars and Lucas came with a formula to transform the distances from lightyears into centimeters. All you see in the designs, the shapes, colors and brightnesses are the results of this data. You can experience the order of brightness in every constellation, get information about what kind of star it is because of it's color and actual experience the relative proportions of the stars.
'It is a suprise every time, to see what shape evolves out of the stardata of each constellation, Neeltje says. And so exciting to create these new shapes that are rooted in a very old tradition.
Altazimuth is a collaboration between astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek and designer Neeltje Kromdijk.
'What if we could experience the distances of the stars in a human scale? Was the question arising when Lucas and Neeltje sat together. What is we could see the constellations as we know them, to orientate in the night sky, but now as three dimensional objects?'
Neeltje started collecting recent data from the stars and Lucas came with a formula to transform the distances from lightyears into centimeters. All you see in the designs, the shapes, colors and brightnesses are the results of this data. You can experience the order of brightness in every constellation, get information about what kind of star it is because of it's color and actual experience the relative proportions of the stars.
ASTRONOMER
Lucas Ellerbroek
ASTRONOMER
Lucas Ellerbroek
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis
the Northern crown
the Northern crown
the Northern crown
the Northern crown
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes / winter in the Southern Latitudes
spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes/winter in the Southern Latitudes
spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes/winter in the SL.
spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes/winter in the Southern Latitudes
Corona Borealis the Northern crown
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis the Northern crown
Corona Borealis the Northern crown
Corona Australis
Corona Australis
Corona Australis
Corona Australis
the Southern crown
the Southern crown
the Southern crown
the Southern crown
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
summer in the Northern Latitudes / all season in the Southern Latitudes
summer in the Northern Latitudes / all season in the Southern Latitudes
summer in the Northern Latitudes / all season in the SL.
summer in the Northern Latitudes / all season in the Southern Latitudes
Corona Australis the Southern crown
Corona Australis
Corona Australis
Corona Australis
Corona Australis the Southern crown
Comae Berenices
Comae Berenices
Comae Berenices
Comae Berenices
queen Berenices hair
queen Berenices hair
queen Berenices hair
queen Berenices hair
Ptolemy III Egypt
Ptolemy III Egypt
Ptolemy III Egypt
Ptolemy III Egypt
winter, spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes
winter, spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes
winter, spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes
winter, spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes
Comae Berenices queen Berenices hair
Comae Berenices
Comae Berenices
Comae Berenices queen Berenices hair
Comae Berenices queen Berenices hair
Crux
Crux
Crux
Crux
the Southern cross
the Southern cross
the Southern cross
the Southern cross
1603 Uranometria
1603 Uranometria
1603 Uranometria
1603 Uranometria
winter, spring + summer in the Northern Latitudes / all season in the South
winter, spring + summer in the Northern L. / all season in the Southern L.
winter, spring + summer in the NL. / all season in the SL.
winter, spring + summer in the Northern L. / all season in the Southern L.
Crux the Southern cross
Comae Berenices
Comae Berenices
Comae Berenices queen Berenices hair
Crux the Southern cross
Cygnus
Cygnus
Cygnus
Cygnus
the Swan/Northern cross
the Swan / Northern cross
the Swan/Northern cross
the Swan/Northern cross
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
ancient/Ptolemy
summer + autumn in the Northern Latitudes / winter + spring in the Southern Latitudes
summer + autumn in the Northern Latitudes / ... in the Southern L.
summer + autumn in the NL. / ... in the Southern L.
summer + autumn in the NL. / ... in the Southern L.