Credits — Lumecast

Credits

Lumecast's sky gifts are drawn from real photographs and star catalogues. Each galaxy and nebula is a stipple of the photograph named below; every constellation is plotted from catalogued star positions. Thanks to the people and observatories who share their work.

Galaxies

Each Galaxy gift is a stipple of the real photograph.

Andromeda (M31) Adam Evans, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Large Magellanic Cloud ESO / VMC Survey CC BY 4.0
Whirlpool (M51) NASA / ESA Hubble Public domain
Sombrero (M104) NASA / ESA Hubble Public domain
Cartwheel Galaxy NASA / ESA Hubble Public domain
M87 and its jet NASA / ESA Hubble Public domain
Milky Way (top-down map) NASA / JPL-Caltech / R. Hurt (SSC) Public domain
Triangulum (M33) ESO / VST CC BY 4.0
Centaurus A ESO CC BY 4.0
Pinwheel (M101) ESA & NASA; CFHT / J.-C. Cuillandre / Coelum; NOAO / G. Jacoby, B. Bohannan, M. Hanna CC BY 4.0
Black Eye (M64) NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) Public domain
NGC 1300 NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Public domain
Hoag's Object NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); R. A. Lucas Public domain
Antennae Galaxies NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Public domain
Stephan's Quintet NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team Public domain

Nebulae and the Supernova remnant

Thirteen nebulae and Cassiopeia A, each a stipple of the photograph.

Orion Nebula (M42) NASA / ESA Hubble, 2006 mosaic Public domain
Helix Nebula NASA / ESA Hubble, 2004 Public domain
Pillars of Creation NASA / ESA Hubble, 2014 Public domain
Mystic Mountain (Carina) NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI) CC BY 4.0
Lagoon Nebula (M8) NASA, ESA, STScI CC BY 4.0
Trifid Nebula (M20) International Gemini Observatory / Ingrid Braul CC BY 4.0
Veil Nebula NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team CC BY 4.0
Crab Nebula (M1) NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) Public domain
Ring Nebula (M57) NASA, ESA and C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University) Public domain
Cat's Eye Nebula J. P. Harrington and K. J. Borkowski (University of Maryland), NASA Public domain
Horsehead Nebula ESO (VLT, 2002) CC BY 4.0
Bubble Nebula NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team Public domain
Butterfly Nebula NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team Public domain
Cassiopeia A NASA / JPL-Caltech / CXC / STScI Public domain

Constellations

All 88 figures are plotted from catalogued star positions.

Constellation lines Stellarium, modern sky culture CC BY-SA 4.0
Star positions and brightness HYG Database v4.1, David Nash (astronexus.com) CC BY-SA 4.0

Hubble images are courtesy of NASA and ESA. Creative Commons licences are linked from each row. The same list appears in the app under Profile → About & Credits.