Justinas Vitkus

Justinas Vitkus

@justinasvitkus.bsky.social

Artist, Hobbyist. I love astronomy.

675 Followers 72 Following 62 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Recent painting of a couple of exomoons.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #Exoplanets

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4 days ago

Thank you so much! I love your paintings too!

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2 months ago
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Ice towers of Callisto.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem

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2 months ago

I know right?! Once I saw that illustration I was really confused. I started doubting myself "maybe I am missing something?"

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2 months ago
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I've heard about planet WASP-76b showing hints of optical phenomenon called Glory. It looks like iridescent rings caused by liquid droplets in clouds. In this case the liquid droplets are made out of molten metal in the clouds of this hot Jupiter planet.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #Exoplanets

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3 months ago
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I have been neglecting Uranus system for a long time now.
So I decided to change that. Here's Uranus and Miranda visible above the canyons of Ariel.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem #Uranus

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3 months ago
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Well, I'm projecting my life onto her...

#art #digitalart #fanart #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC #Gangle

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3 months ago

Thank you! I could have never imagined that I would be anyone's favorite space artist. I truly appreciate this.

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3 months ago
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Another old painting of a habitable moon entering the shadow of its parent planet.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy

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4 months ago
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Just a quick painting of Máni. A trans-Neptunian object.
Recent occultation observations hint that Máni might have a massive impact crater and a very tall mountain that I interpreted as a central peak in this impact crater. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem

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4 months ago
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Two Jovian moons Io and Europa eclipses the sun darkening Jupiter's sky. Volcanic plumes and sulfur halo can be seen around Io and water ice jets are erupting from Europa's crust. Also Jupiter's rings, solar corona and zodiacal light also glows in this darkened sky #SciArt #spaceart #Jupiter

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4 months ago
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This is one of my early attempts at space art.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy

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4 months ago

In that case, you directly helped me to make this painting. Thank you!

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4 months ago
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I've read about ZTF SLRN-2020 event where a star basically ate it's own planet. So I decided to try and depict this from a planet's perspective. It's atmosphere evaporating and getting ripped away by the star. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy

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4 months ago

Thank you!

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4 months ago
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Each year near the start of Mars' southern winter warm air rises over Arsia Mons volcano forming ice and dust clouds. Sometimes this dust coalesces into a spiraling cloud that can be over 15 km high. This digital painting depicts one such dust spirals.#Sciart #space #astronomy #SolarSystem #Mars

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4 months ago

Yes indeed :)

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4 months ago

I'm glad you like them!

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4 months ago
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Sedna, frozen and lonely world drowned in darkness. It's red, ancient surface receives only a tiny amount of Sun's light.
#Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Sedna #OortCloud #SolarSystem

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4 months ago

Thank you so much!

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4 months ago

This is a digital painting I did in Photoshop. Thank you!

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4 months ago

That's amazing! To me, brown dwarfs are one the most interesting objects out there. Thank you!

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4 months ago
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My old painting of a brown dwarf.
This view represents a moon of a brown dwarf being lit up by the sun-like star, which is second component of this star-brown dwarf system.
#Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Exoplanets

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4 months ago
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Saturn as seen from Titan's polar regions. During winter season in south hemisphere a big, high altitude cloud hangs above south pole.
#Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy

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8 months ago
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J1407b also known as a Super-Saturn. Possibly a brown dwarf with a massive ring system with planets forming in it. Now, latest updates on this object suggest that it is not tied to any star and most likely is not illuminated like this. But who knows, maybe somewhere there is a system like this.

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8 months ago

I based this on one of these Hot Jupiter atmosphere simulations. I'm not sure if it was of a Puffball Planet as there was no mention of it. Thank you!

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8 months ago
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My interpretation of Vesta's south pole impact that formed Rheasilvia crater. Before impact older Veneneia crater can be seen.
#Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy#Vesta

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8 months ago
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My interpretation of a Hot Jupiter planet. I looked up some info on Hot Jupiter atmospheric dynamics and this is my best guess what this type of a planet might look like.
#Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Exoplanets

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8 months ago

Yes! There is still some wiggle space in planetary environments for us to explore. I am working on another picture featuring a massive gas giant and it's habitable moon. I'm not sure when I will be able to finish it though.

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8 months ago

I too believe that ocean/atmospheric currents would be able to transfer some of the day side warmth into a night side creating somewhat even temperatures. Maybe this planet could be at the outer edge of it's star's habitable zone only having enough warmth to melt ice in the center of it's dayside.

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