The image captures a moment of Music Eclipticalis by artist and computer scientist Brian Foo, a song that, inspired by John Cage’s Atlas Eclipticalis (1962), literarily sounds the 16 brightest stars, based on stellar data.
Brian Foo, Music Eclipticalis, 2016, photo via
Plate from Antonin Becvar’s Atlas Elipticalis, 1958. Astronomical Institute
A sketch by John Cage for Atlas Eclipticalis. NYPL Digital Collections
