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The night sky over the Hohe Tauern, seen from the Edelweißspitze: the Milky Way rises from a ridge, with Saturn to its left and the half-lit Moon and Jupiter to its right.

The sky, exactly as it was.

The night sky over your place at your moment: framed, as a print, or as wallpapers. The Moon, the planets and every star where they stood.

Create your skySee the artwork

Edelweißspitze, Austria47.1236° N12.8311° E

Friday6 September 2019

Positions true to the sky. Moon, planets and nebulae enlarged.

An artwork, a record, a gift.

The sky as it stood over one place at one moment:

  • The night a child was born
  • The evening you met
  • A summit you reached
The sky over the Edelweißspitze on 6 September 2019 at 21:00 as a print, with its caption beneath the skyline.
To scale, above a sideboard 160 cm wide.

Framed

Your sky as a fine-art print in a frame, ready to hang. Nothing is on the front but the sky and your words. Our mark is on the back.

Shape
Size
Frame
Glass
On the front
Paper
Matte fine-art paper, 200 gsm
With it
The Almanac of your sky, numbered

€179

Create yours

The sky over the Edelweißspitze on 6 September 2019 at 21:00 as a print, with its caption beneath the skyline.

Print

The same print without a frame, for the frame you already have in mind. Portrait or landscape, with the horizon of your place along the foot, or the whole sky in one circle.

Shape
Size
On the front
Paper
Matte fine-art paper, 200 gsm
Print
Giclée, the fine-art inkjet process
With it
The Almanac of your sky, numbered

€109

Create yours

The same sky as a desktop wallpaper.
The same sky as a phone wallpaper.

Digital

Your sky as wallpapers, each one framed for its screen. With your words beneath the sky, or the sky alone. With the Almanac of your sky.

Caption
For
Phone, tablet and desktop
Desktop
3840 × 2160 pixels
Phone
1290 × 2796 pixels
With it
The Almanac of your sky

€19

Create yours

Every sky happens once.

The stars come round again each year. The Moon and the planets among them never stand the same way twice. We compute the sky that stood over your place at your minute, and make it an artwork.

You tell us three things.

Place
Anywhere on Earth: a city, a village, a summit.
Moment
A date and a time, to the minute. Any day from 1900 to 2050.
Words
Names, or a line of your own, set beneath the sky.

From these we work out where the Moon, the planets and every star you could have seen stood above you. We draw the Milky Way behind them and raise the real skyline of your place in front.

Look again.

Everything is where it was. Point at a light to read what it is.

Names on the sky
SagittariusScorpiusLibraOphiuchusCorona AustrinaScutumSerpens CaudaRho Ophiuchi NebulaLagoon NebulaEagle NebulaM4Trifid NebulaAntaresKaus AustralisNunkiDschubbaSabikMoonSaturnJupiterAquilaScorpiusOphiuchusCorona AustrinaSagittaScutumSerpens CaudaLagoon NebulaEagle NebulaM4Trifid NebulaAntaresKaus AustralisNunkiRasalhagueSabikMoonSaturnJupiter

21:00 over the Edelweißspitze

  • 13.8° the Sun below the horizon
  • 2,267 stars above the horizon bright enough for the naked eye
  • waxing gibbous Moon

The Almanac

An almanac is a table of the sky for given dates. Ours is for a single minute: yours.

It lists each body that stood above you:

  • How high it stood, and in which direction
  • How far away it was
  • How long its light had been on the way

It comes with every print as a card, numbered. If you like, we also print it on the front, beneath the sky.

The light of Vega in this sky set out in 1994.

No. 000137

Almanac

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Austria

47.1236° N 12.8311° E, 2571 m
Friday 6 September 2019, 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC)

Sun and Moon

Sun13.8° below the horizon: astronomical twilight
Moon57% lit, waxing gibbous. 18.1° high in the SSW, 386,706 km away. Its light took 1.29 s.

Planets above the horizon

PlanetAltitudeDirectionMillion kmLight took
Jupiter15.8°SSW 208°76943 min
Saturn20.4°S 178°1,42179 min
Neptune11.9°ESE 112°4,328241 min

Below the horizon: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus.

Bright stars

StarAltitudeDirectionLight-yearsLight left
Arcturus27.9°W 268°36.71982
Vega81.2°SSW 201°25.31994
Capella5.6°NNE 16°42.21977
Altair49.9°SSE 157°16.82002
Antares9.7°SSW 212°c. 600c. 1400
Alioth37.5°NW 315°c. 81c. 1939

Also in this sky

2,267 stars of magnitude 6 or brighter stood above the horizon: those a naked eye can see under a dark sky. The picture shows 55 nebulae, star clusters and galaxies, among them the Lagoon Nebula, the Eagle Nebula and the Trifid Nebula. The centre of the Milky Way, 26,700 light-years away, stood 12.5° high in the SSW.

Positions: NASA JPL DE421. Stars: ESA Hipparcos and Tycho. Milky Way: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, astrophysicist, Vienna

No. 000137

Almanach

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Österreich

47,1236° N 12,8311° O, 2571 m
Freitag 6. September 2019, 21:00 MESZ (19:00 UTC)

Sonne und Mond

Sonne13,8° unter dem Horizont: astronomische Dämmerung
MondZu 57 % beleuchtet, zunehmender Mond. 18,1° hoch im SSW, 386.706 km entfernt. Sein Licht brauchte 1,29 s.

Planeten über dem Horizont

PlanetHöheRichtungMio. kmLichtlaufzeit
Jupiter15,8°SSW 208°76943 min
Saturn20,4°S 178°1.42179 min
Neptun11,9°OSO 112°4.328241 min

Unter dem Horizont: Merkur, Venus, Mars, Uranus.

Helle Sterne

SternHöheRichtungLichtjahreLicht von
Arcturus27,9°W 268°36,71982
Vega81,2°SSW 201°25,31994
Capella5,6°NNO 16°42,21977
Altair49,9°SSO 157°16,82002
Antares9,7°SSW 212°ca. 600ca. 1400
Alioth37,5°NW 315°ca. 81ca. 1939

Außerdem an diesem Himmel

2.267 Sterne der Größenklasse 6 oder heller standen über dem Horizont: jene, die das bloße Auge unter dunklem Himmel sieht. Das Bild zeigt 55 Nebel, Sternhaufen und Galaxien, darunter Lagunennebel, Adlernebel und Trifidnebel. Das Zentrum der Milchstraße, 26.700 Lichtjahre entfernt, stand 12,5° hoch im SSW.

Positionen: NASA JPL DE421. Sterne: ESA Hipparcos und Tycho. Milchstraße: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, Astrophysiker, Wien

No. 000137

Almanaque

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Austria

47,1236° N 12,8311° E, 2571 m
Viernes 6 de septiembre de 2019, 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC)

Sol y Luna

Sol13,8° bajo el horizonte: crepúsculo astronómico
LunaIluminada al 57%, gibosa creciente. A 18,1° de altura en el SSO, a 386.706 km. Su luz tardó 1,29 s.

Planetas sobre el horizonte

PlanetaAlturaDirecciónMill. de kmSu luz tardó
Júpiter15,8°SSO 208°76943 min
Saturno20,4°S 178°1.42179 min
Neptuno11,9°ESE 112°4.328241 min

Bajo el horizonte: Mercurio, Venus, Marte, Urano.

Estrellas brillantes

EstrellaAlturaDirecciónAños luzSu luz partió
Arcturus27,9°O 268°36,71982
Vega81,2°SSO 201°25,31994
Capella5,6°NNE 16°42,21977
Altair49,9°SSE 157°16,82002
Antares9,7°SSO 212°c. 600c. 1400
Alioth37,5°NO 315°c. 81c. 1939

También en este cielo

2.267 estrellas de magnitud 6 o más brillantes estaban sobre el horizonte: las que se ven a simple vista bajo un cielo oscuro. La imagen muestra 55 nebulosas, cúmulos de estrellas y galaxias, entre ellos: Nebulosa de la Laguna, Nebulosa del Águila y Nebulosa Trífida. El centro de la Vía Láctea, a 26.700 años luz, estaba a 12,5° de altura en el SSO.

Posiciones: NASA JPL DE421. Estrellas: ESA Hipparcos y Tycho. Vía Láctea: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, astrofísico, Viena

No. 000137

Almanaque

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Austria

47,1236° N 12,8311° E, 2571 m
Sexta-feira 6 de setembro de 2019, 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC)

Sol e Lua

Sol13,8° abaixo do horizonte: crepúsculo astronómico
Lua57% iluminada, gibosa crescente. A 18,1° de altura a SSO, a 386.706 km. A sua luz demorou 1,29 s.

Planetas acima do horizonte

PlanetaAlturaDireçãoMilhões de kmA luz demorou
Júpiter15,8°SSO 208°76943 min
Saturno20,4°S 178°1.42179 min
Neptuno11,9°ESE 112°4.328241 min

Abaixo do horizonte: Mercúrio, Vénus, Marte, Urano.

Estrelas brilhantes

EstrelaAlturaDireçãoAnos-luzA luz partiu
Arcturus27,9°O 268°36,71982
Vega81,2°SSO 201°25,31994
Capella5,6°NNE 16°42,21977
Altair49,9°SSE 157°16,82002
Antares9,7°SSO 212°c. 600c. 1400
Alioth37,5°NO 315°c. 81c. 1939

Também neste céu

2.267 estrelas de magnitude 6 ou mais brilhantes estavam acima do horizonte: as que se veem a olho nu sob um céu escuro. A imagem mostra 55 nebulosas, enxames de estrelas e galáxias, entre eles: Nebulosa da Lagoa, Nebulosa da Águia e Nebulosa Trífida. O centro da Via Láctea, a 26.700 anos-luz, estava a 12,5° de altura a SSO.

Posições: NASA JPL DE421. Estrelas: ESA Hipparcos e Tycho. Via Láctea: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, astrofísico, Viena

No. 000137

Almanach

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Austria

47,1236° N 12,8311° E, 2571 m
Vendredi 6 septembre 2019, 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC)

Soleil et Lune

Soleil13,8° sous l’horizon : crépuscule astronomique
LuneÉclairée à 57 %, gibbeuse croissante. À 18,1° de hauteur, direction SSO, à 386 706 km. Sa lumière a mis 1,29 s.

Planètes au-dessus de l’horizon

PlanèteHauteurDirectionMillions de kmTemps-lumière
Jupiter15,8°SSO 208°76943 min
Saturne20,4°S 178°1 42179 min
Neptune11,9°ESE 112°4 328241 min

Sous l’horizon : Mercure, Vénus, Mars, Uranus.

Étoiles brillantes

ÉtoileHauteurDirectionAnnées-lumièreLumière partie
Arcturus27,9°O 268°36,71982
Vega81,2°SSO 201°25,31994
Capella5,6°NNE 16°42,21977
Altair49,9°SSE 157°16,82002
Antares9,7°SSO 212°env. 600env. 1400
Alioth37,5°NO 315°env. 81env. 1939

Également dans ce ciel

2 267 étoiles de magnitude 6 ou plus brillantes se trouvaient au-dessus de l’horizon : celles que l’œil nu peut voir sous un ciel sombre. L’image montre 55 nébuleuses, amas d’étoiles et galaxies, parmi lesquels Nébuleuse de la Lagune, Nébuleuse de l’Aigle et Nébuleuse Trifide. Le centre de la Voie lactée, à 26 700 années-lumière, se trouvait à 12,5° de hauteur, direction SSO.

Positions : NASA JPL DE421. Étoiles : ESA Hipparcos et Tycho. Voie lactée : NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio ; Gaia DR2 : ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, astrophysicien, Vienne

No. 000137

Almanacco

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Austria

47,1236° N 12,8311° E, 2571 m
Venerdì 6 settembre 2019, 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC)

Sole e Luna

Sole13,8° sotto l’orizzonte: crepuscolo astronomico
LunaIlluminata al 57%, gibbosa crescente. A 18,1° di altezza in direzione SSO, a 386.706 km. La sua luce ha impiegato 1,29 s.

Pianeti sopra l’orizzonte

PianetaAltezzaDirezioneMilioni di kmTempo luce
Giove15,8°SSO 208°76943 min
Saturno20,4°S 178°1.42179 min
Nettuno11,9°ESE 112°4.328241 min

Sotto l’orizzonte: Mercurio, Venere, Marte, Urano.

Stelle luminose

StellaAltezzaDirezioneAnni luceLuce partita
Arcturus27,9°O 268°36,71982
Vega81,2°SSO 201°25,31994
Capella5,6°NNE 16°42,21977
Altair49,9°SSE 157°16,82002
Antares9,7°SSO 212°ca. 600ca. 1400
Alioth37,5°NO 315°ca. 81ca. 1939

Anche in questo cielo

2.267 stelle di magnitudine 6 o più luminose erano sopra l’orizzonte: quelle che l’occhio nudo vede sotto un cielo buio. L’immagine mostra 55 nebulose, ammassi stellari e galassie, tra cui: Nebulosa Laguna, Nebulosa Aquila e Nebulosa Trifida. Il centro della Via Lattea, a 26.700 anni luce, era a 12,5° di altezza in direzione SSO.

Posizioni: NASA JPL DE421. Stelle: ESA Hipparcos e Tycho. Via Lattea: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, astrofisico, Vienna

No. 000137

Almanach

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Austria

47,1236° N 12,8311° E, 2571 m
Piątek 6 września 2019, 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC)

Słońce i Księżyc

Słońce13,8° pod horyzontem: zmierzch astronomiczny
KsiężycOświetlony w 57%, przybywający garbaty. Na wysokości 18,1° w kierunku SSW, 386 706 km stąd. Jego światło leciało 1,29 s.

Planety nad horyzontem

PlanetaWysokośćKierunekMln kmŚwiatło leciało
Jowisz15,8°SSW 208°76943 min
Saturn20,4°S 178°1 42179 min
Neptun11,9°ESE 112°4 328241 min

Pod horyzontem: Merkury, Wenus, Mars, Uran.

Jasne gwiazdy

GwiazdaWysokośćKierunekLata świetlneŚwiatło wyruszyło
Arcturus27,9°W 268°36,71982
Vega81,2°SSW 201°25,31994
Capella5,6°NNE 16°42,21977
Altair49,9°SSE 157°16,82002
Antares9,7°SSW 212°ok. 600ok. 1400
Alioth37,5°NW 315°ok. 81ok. 1939

Także na tym niebie

Gwiazdy do 6 wielkości gwiazdowej nad horyzontem: 2 267. To te, które gołe oko widzi pod ciemnym niebem. Mgławice, gromady gwiazd i galaktyki na obrazie: 55, wśród nich Mgławica Laguna, Mgławica Orzeł i Mgławica Trójlistna Koniczyna. Centrum Drogi Mlecznej, odległe o 26 700 lat świetlnych, było na wysokości 12,5° w kierunku SSW.

Pozycje: NASA JPL DE421. Gwiazdy: ESA Hipparcos i Tycho. Droga Mleczna: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, astrofizyk, Wiedeń

No. 000137

Almanah

Edelweißspitze, Hohe Tauern, Austria

47,1236° S 12,8311° I, 2571 m
Petak 6. rujna 2019., 21:00 SELV (19:00 UTC)

Sunce i Mjesec

Sunce13,8° ispod obzora: astronomski sumrak
MjesecOsvijetljen 57 %, rastući Mjesec. Na visini od 18,1° u smjeru JJZ, udaljen 386.706 km. Njegova je svjetlost putovala 1,29 s.

Planeti iznad obzora

PlanetVisinaSmjerMil. kmPut svjetlosti
Jupiter15,8°JJZ 208°76943 min
Saturn20,4°J 178°1.42179 min
Neptun11,9°IJI 112°4.328241 min

Ispod obzora: Merkur, Venera, Mars, Uran.

Sjajne zvijezde

ZvijezdaVisinaSmjerSvj. godineSvjetlost iz
Arcturus27,9°Z 268°36,71982
Vega81,2°JJZ 201°25,31994
Capella5,6°SSI 16°42,21977
Altair49,9°JJI 157°16,82002
Antares9,7°JJZ 212°oko 600oko 1400
Alioth37,5°SZ 315°oko 81oko 1939

Također na ovom nebu

Iznad obzora bile su zvijezde magnitude 6 ili sjajnije, ukupno 2.267: one koje golo oko vidi pod tamnim nebom. Slika prikazuje maglice, zvjezdane skupove i galaktike, ukupno 55, među njima: Maglica Laguna, Maglica Orao i Maglica Trifid. Središte Mliječne staze, udaljeno 26.700 svjetlosnih godina, stajalo je na visini od 12,5° u smjeru JJZ.

Položaji: NASA JPL DE421. Zvijezde: ESA Hipparcos i Tycho. Mliječna staza: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Christopher Granabetter, astrofizičar, Beč

The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.
The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.
The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.
The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.
The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.
The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.
The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.
The Almanac as it prints on the front of a 50 × 70 cm print. Open it at full size.

Made to be looked at closely.

A 50 × 70 cm print holds 5906 × 8268 pixels. These three pieces are cut from it. Open one to see it pixel for pixel.

5 cm on the print
The Moon, 57% lit, and Jupiter. That evening the Moon was 386,706 km away, Jupiter 769 million.
5 cm on the print
Saturn, its rings tilted 25° towards us. Its light had been on the way for 79 minutes.
5 cm on the print
The Lagoon and the Trifid Nebula among the star clouds towards the centre of our galaxy.

Six layers, one sky.

Each artwork is built in layers, from the galaxy to the ground, then graded like an astrophotograph.

  1. 01The Milky Way
  2. 02Deep sky
  3. 03Stars
  4. 04Moon and planets
  5. 05Atmosphere
  6. 06Terrain

How each layer is made

What we never change

Where things are. The Moon, the planets, every star you can see with the naked eye and every catalogued nebula and galaxy stand at their true positions. We never invent an event.

What we change, and say so

How large things appear. To the eye the Moon is half a degree wide and a planet is a point of light. We draw them larger, so you can see the phase of the Moon and the rings of Saturn. The caption says so. Ask for the true sky and everything keeps its real size.

The data behind every layer, and who made it

Dusk, night, dawn.

Three other minutes, each as it was.

Innsbruck23 May 2023, 21:25

The Moon, four days old, beside Venus in the last light. Mars stands above them.

Vienna1 January 2000, 00:00

Orion and Sirius over the first minute of the year 2000.

Glacier Point24 June 2022, 04:50

Venus, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter in a line beside Half Dome, before sunrise.

The whole sky.

Every star above you at that minute, in one circle around the zenith. The skyline of your place is its rim; north, east, south and west stand around it.

The whole sky over the Edelweißspitze at 21:00 on 6 September 2019, as one circle with the compass points around it and the caption beneath.
The same sky on a landscape sheet, the circle on the left and the caption beside it.

Upright or on its side, as a print, framed, or as wallpaper for your phone, tablet and desktop. You choose which direction stands at the top.

Create your full sky

From the founder

I am an astrophysicist in Vienna, and I photograph the night sky myself.

I built Cosmoment to make a thoughtful gift: an artwork that brings the universe closer and shows the person who receives it what they mean, on the scale of the universe. It had to be an artwork and a true record of the sky at once.

So every artwork is computed from the data astronomers work with. And I check what the engine draws against my own photographs of the sky.

Christopher Granabetter

Questions

Is this the real sky?

Yes. The positions of the Sun, the Moon and the planets come from NASA JPL's ephemeris. The stars come from measured catalogues, the skyline from an elevation model of the Earth. We compute all of it for your place and your minute.

Why are the Moon and the planets so large?

So that you can see them. In the sky the Moon is half a degree wide, and Saturn's rings need a telescope. We draw the Moon, the planets and the nebulae larger than life and leave them exactly where they stood. The caption on every print says so, and you can ask for the true sky instead.

What if my moment was in daylight, or under clouds?

The stars were there all the same. We show the sky as it stood above the weather. A moment in daylight is shown as day. If you would rather see the stars of that minute, ask for the night view.

Which places and dates can you do?

Any place on Earth, and any minute from 1900 to 2050.

Can I send it back?

A personal artwork is made for you alone, so it cannot be returned unless something is wrong with it. The terms have the details.

Where does the data come from?

From NASA, ESA, the Copernicus programme and the people who keep the catalogues. Every source is named on the credits page. Cosmoment is not endorsed by NASA, ESA or any data provider.

You mean the universe to me.

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