Collecting Astronomy Art Posters

Whether your interest in astronomy posters is for educational reasons or simply for the beauty and aesthetic aspects of astronomy as artwork, the purpose of this article is to supply you with an overview or survey of available options for assembling a collection of posters for the home. With this said here are our suggestions.

1. A good place to start is with a basic map of the stars and constellations. Most preferable here are posters offering star and constellations viewable from both hemispheres north and south of the equator. A good star map will be an excellent indoor reference and a good supplement if you already have star charts on hand.

2. Secondly, and a very popular option and for good reference is a map of the solar system including all the planets. Another option are individual posters featuring each of the planets of our solar system.

3. Next on our list would be posters concerning famous astronomers/scientists such as Galileo Galilee, Archimedes, Albert Einstein or Copernicus.

4. A map of the moon on poster. A good overview of the moon with geographical names of the lunar landscape should be another good reference tool.

5. Poster or posters of the Sun is another good possibility. The nearest star to the earth is not to be overlooked.

6. Galaxies, nebula and star clusters and more. Posters such as these will be more specific and more limiting in their scope, but can be particularly interesting to many in terms of aesthetic or artistic qualities. Some suggestions here include the Andromeda Galaxy and the Sculptor Galaxy. Some important nebula’s include the Orion Nebula, the Ring Nebula in Lyra and the Horsehead Nebula in Orion are just a few. As for star clusters the most well-known is the Seven Sisters or Pleiades cluster comes to mind. There are many further options available including global clusters, super novas, black holes in space, and binary star posters.

7. Eclipses. Included in this category are solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. Many posters are available in this category.

8. Hubble space telescope posters. Many posters are available including posters of the Hubble space telescope itself as well as many astronomical images taken by Hubble.

9. Other related astronomy posters include famous astronauts, many fantastic posters of the Apollo mission space program and posters of Apollo moon landings, the Kennedy Space center and the Space Shuttle.

10. The Earth from space and earth observatories. Interesting posters of the Earth from space as well as numerous posters of astronomical observatories are available.

Summary:

 In concluding this article we have covered some of the possibilities for finding interesting astronomical subjects as art on poster or simply as a means of supplementing an interest in astronomy.