Richard Powell - Polyhedron Skyglobe

This is just brilliant, this model by Richard Powell makes a paper globe of our solar system when put together, which of course im trying to do right now. I think this would be great to get something like this to out in my astronomy packs as i think its something that most people would love to do, more interactive fun.

Astronomy Picture A Day

This site is brilliant, basically they post one picture ever day that relates to astronomy, this can be a photo of our universe to a painting by Van Gough. Check them all out here.

Im going to be using some of these pictures to develop my work further, even if its just using a colour sample of them. But i want to have images that show directly how amazing our universe is and not just draw out planets representing our solar system, as i think this is important to show people how beautiful and alive it actually is.

Astronomy - Glen Simonov

These designs by Glen Simonov were designed for April's Global Astronomy Month, they include solar events throughout the year within our solar system.

Very simple designs and little colour that work well in showing the information in a visually pleasing way.  I would really like to see something like this with a more crafted approach as most of the visuals iv seen based on space have been vector. So If I'm going to aim my project at kids aged 8-12 then i think this will be a more successful way to involve them.