ASTROGRAPHIA

On the Infinite Universe and World

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Last Updated March 20, 2022

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[ Click here for the Japanese ver. ]

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To the astronomers who once risked their lives to decentralize the universe, with affection from the era of economic decentralization and metaverse.

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• CONCEPT

  There are two reasons for the creation of ASTROGRAPHIA.

  One is my personal longing.

  The other is that the development of the cosmology is the history of decentralization.

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  About the first background.

  From the ancient times of Aristotle and Ptolemy to the scientific revolution of the 17th century by Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and others, a view of the universe that combined magic, natural science, geometry, and religious beliefs developed.

  Their images of the universe reflect the ideals and imaginations of the people of that time, and are very attractive.

  ASTROGRAPHIA was inspired by these cosmologies of the pre-modern era.

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  Another background.

  As our view of the universe has evolved, our Earth is no longer at the center of the universe as it was once thought to be.

  The Earth has been reduced to the status of a planet orbiting hundreds of billions of stars that make up a galaxy of which we do not even know how many exist in the universe.

  The Earth has been decentralized.

  This story is highly suggestive when we consider the decentralization of today's economic activities.

• TITLE

  The title ASTROGRAPHIA is based on Selenographia by Johannes Hevelius.

  Johannes Hevelius was a 17th century Polish astronomer. His Selenographia is one of the earliest lunar maps based on telescopic observations.

  There is also an admiration for Ptolemy's Geographia, Petrus Appianus' Cosmographia, and Robert Hooke's Micrographia.

• COMPOSITION

  ASTROGRAPHIA is a Generative Art work, randomly generated by a program written by YKNST.

  All shapes, such as distant stars and rings decorating the main star, are drawn as a set of circles or ellipses.

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  ASTROGRAPHIA | Black Edition

  Image Format | PNG

  Image Size | 4000 × 4000 pix

  No. of works | 50

  Blockchain | Ethereum

  Token Standard | ERC-721

  Contract Address | 0x9b03e00be13e450465ad6071dcf06b029929a7eb

  Link | Open Sea

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  ASTROGRAPHIA

  Image Format | PNG

  Image Size | 4000 × 4000 pix

  No. of works | 1st Edition / 200 ( Max ), 2nd Edition / 200 ( Max )

  Blockchain | Polygon

  Token Standard | ERC-721

  Contract Address |

  1st Edition: 0x02d954c3fbb00f13027eee8ae3ee59fdb10a6482

  2nd Edition: 0x40b5c9d77a728b12ac9264384532cf37ba3bb40c

  Link | 1st Edition , 2nd Edition

  * 3rd edition and beyond to be determined

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  ASTROGRAPHIA | TRIPLET

  Image Format | PNG

  Image Size | 1500 × 500 pix ( Optimized for Twitter header image. )

  No. of works | No Limit

  Blockchain | Polygon

  Token Standard | ERC-721

  Contract Address | 0x470672C8e2bD82FB56A96e28705193931970135A

  Link | Open Sea

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• CREATOR

  YKNST