Arriving on the heels of the fantastic Ansel Adams show, the National Maritime Museum opened a new exhibition today, Visions Of The Universe, which looks at representations of the stars through the centuries.
The collection of images that make up Visions Of The Universe range from the earliest drawings right up to date with fantastic high-resolution captures from the Hubble Space Telescope, sourced from NASA, the European Southern Observatory and archival material gathered from museums around the country.
There’s also an amateur element to the exhibition, as it features the winning entries from the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photographer Of The Year competition. In fact, Visions Of The Universe is dedicated to the most famous amateur astronomer in modern times, the wonderful Sir Patrick Moore, who passed away late last year.
One of the highlights of the show is an image called Mars Window, which is a thirteen metre long panorama assembled from pictures taken by the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers. Visitors will also be able to see some of the latest footage captured from the Martian surface.
Tickets to the new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum cost £8 (£7 concessions) but it’s free for the under-5s and members of Royal Museums Greenwich. It runs through until 15 September 2013.
If you pop along you’re encouraged to share your thoughts on Twitter with the hashtag #spaceisawesome.