✧ Opening the garden gate
Bringing the night to life… THE TELESCOPE MAN’S GARDEN · UNDER THE REAL SKY
Find tonight’s sky.Five wonders, then lights out. This is my garden, under our night sky, with every star in its real place. Find five wonders I’ve photographed, then switch off my fairy lights and see what happens.
1 Meet me by the cinema2 Spot five wonders3 Lights outStart the hunt ↗ Play with friends · up to 12 Just the photographs
At the garden gate Take your time.
Drag to look around W A S D to wander
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Drag gently across his head. A little quiet company.
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Purring follows your touch · sound is optional. Your observing buddy ×
A very good observing companion.
Pet him Throw the ball ↗ Tug the sock Try loading Hovis again
Fetch is shared with the garden. Petting is your own little moment. A little closer to infinity. 31 October · 11:25 pm · from my garden
THE SKY ABOVE DAMON’S GARDEN Cygnus · summer Orion · winter Andromeda Galaxy Orion Nebula The Pleiades Polaris Find ↗
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Constellations Names Back to the lawn
Artwork Northern lights
Watch the cinema October sky trail ↗
Subtle labels mark the objects in the sky. Scroll or pinch to zoom.
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Through the telescope ↗ × × A GUIDE TO THE NIGHT
Damon’s photograph ↗ Through the telescope
Correct celestial coordinates. The night’s pace and faint-object visibility are interpreted for this garden. ⌂ Wander▧ The gallery▷ Cinema✧ Look up⊞ Explore← 01 / 18 Andromeda Galaxy →
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× MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME Your night, your pace.
How to play Settings About
A garden full of real astronomy, good company and questionable distractions. There is no right order.
LOOK AROUND Drag the view Scroll or pinch to zoom.
WANDER W A S D / arrow keysOn a phone, use the movement pad.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK Click / tap, or E Photographs, telescopes, chairs and characters.
GET COMFORTABLE C crouch · hold to sitPress again to stand. Move in either posture.
JUMP Space / Jump buttonEach explorer has a different approach to gravity.
FIND YOUR WAY G map · H this guideB binoculars · P Garden party · Esc leave an activity.
A little direction? Start with a real capture through a telescope, follow a sky story with Damon, or challenge yourself at a game frame.
Ideas for your evening Explore the activities Meet Hovis Meet Toulouse Four telescopes Photograph collection
A telescope, a patch of grass, and an unreasonable amount of curiosity.
The photographs and telescope recordings come from Damon's own captures. The Moon illustration, aurora and garden are artistic interpretations. Telescope panels distinguish recordings from finished images.
Meet Damon for five short sky stories, with captions and optional narration. Explore on your own or use Garden party to join other visitors. The host chooses the cinema; you control your sound.
About this garden & credits A creative reconstruction inspired by Damon’s actual garden footage. The original photograph collection contains 18 of Damon’s own captures. The community wall displays visitor photographs after review, credited to their photographers. Dimensions, sky orientation and meteor activity are artistic, rather than a survey or a live observing forecast.
Milky Way: NASA/Goddard SVS, ESA/Gaia/DPAC ; catalogue stars: HYG 4.1; constellation lines: Stellarium; illustrations: Johan Meuris, Free Art License & credits ; target coordinates: OpenNGC. Sky data credits & licences . Trees and surface textures: Poly Haven, CC0 . Voyager audio: NASA/JPL . Companion models: jschlechtleitner and dekonfrost26 via Meshy, CC0 , adapted for this garden. Astronaut by Poly, CC BY 2.0; visitor model credits . Damon’s explorer is a lightweight reconstruction from his supplied photographs. Newton and Galileo are portrait-informed interpretations; none is a photographic scan. Updated anatomy, hair & outfit credits . Historical character sources & credits . Hands: MakeHuman and Mindfront, CC0 . The sky clock uses Astronomy Engine. The aurora is artistic. After Hours credits . Built with Three.js and hls.js.
× A PLACE TO GET PLEASANTLY LOST What takes your fancy? Pick a place to start. The odd surprises are yours to find.
Outdoor cinema Photo THE LAWN Under the stars Telescopes
Other The house · Patreon Playground Garden gate Look a little closer Four telescopes Recorded views, Moon & planets A sky story with Damon Five short tours · captions & voice Observing notebook Discoveries & sky challenges Damon’s Field club Collect light, track visitors & take assignments Skylight observatory A different view of the garden
A little friendly competition Cosmic Pairs A memory game among the stars Cosmic Sort Get your galaxies in order Name That Wonder How well do you know the sky? 42 Wonders gazebo Book, sofa & a game of cards
Make yourself at home Community photo wall Astrophotographs from the community Take a photograph Keep a memory of your visit Patreon Playground Visit the Moon, Saturn and Star Pond Your achievements See what you've found so far
There are a few things the map leaves out.
× Tonight, and every night 42 Wondersof Our Night Sky. 14 full episodes. Pick one, settle in, and let the night unfold.
× You found the interstellar listening post Hello,out there. A record sent to the stars. A party behind the fence. Pick an original after-hours mix and make yourself at home.
Damon’s Golden Record · open YouTube player Place the needle.
The YouTube player stays visible while you explore. Press Play to listen; closing it stops the music. By using it you agree to YouTube’s Terms . See Google’s Privacy Policy .
Golden Record cover: NASA/JPL. These three tracks are original AI-generated music made with ElevenLabs for The Telescope Man’s Garden; no Voyager recordings are sampled.
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Damon’s observing notebook Through the eyepiece. A little closer to the night sky.
Through the eyepiece
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About this recording & equipment
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Step back · watch the telescope ↗ Watch the garden screen ↗ Eyepiece Recorded camera
Telescope6″ Dobsonian 8″ Dobsonian 10″ Dobsonian 12″ Dobsonian Eyepiece45 mm 25 mm 10 mm
Sky conditions Dark sky Rural / suburban Bright suburban City sky
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A five-second reveal of Damon’s separately captured long exposure.
× From this Earth, looking out The photographs.
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THE SKYLIGHT BINOCULARS2×
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The same sky, a little closer. DSS2 · STScI/NASA · CDS/Aladin
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Try the garden again The photographs The episodes Through the eyepiece × Deep Thought · one question I've been thinking.
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