Tyler Nordgren
@spaceart.bsky.social
Artist, Astronomer, Author, International Tour Leader, Speaker and all around Astronomical Bon Vivant coined the phrase “Half the park is after dark.”
On this date 200 years ago the Erie Canal officially opened. It has been an honor to design this for the NY Canal Corp for the bicentennial. #art
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
On this date 200 years ago the Erie Canal officially opened. It has been an honor to design this for the NY Canal Corp for the bicentennial. #art
JOIN ME as I lead another trip to Antarctica for Betchart Expeditions in March 2026 for the Southern Lights. By day it’s seals, penguins and icebergs as we travel below the Antarctic Circle, at night, so much more. #aurora #antarctica #astronomy
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
JOIN ME as I lead another trip to Antarctica for Betchart Expeditions in March 2026 for the Southern Lights. By day it’s seals, penguins and icebergs as we travel below the Antarctic Circle, at night, so much more. #aurora #antarctica #astronomy
Kayaking. More fun than swimming and more stable than canoeing. I’ve tried to do this in every park I’ve visited (at least the ones with bodies of water). #parkchat
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Kayaking. More fun than swimming and more stable than canoeing. I’ve tried to do this in every park I’ve visited (at least the ones with bodies of water). #parkchat
One year ago today I got to see Europa Clipper launch with my wife who is on the E-Themis instrument team.
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
One year ago today I got to see Europa Clipper launch with my wife who is on the E-Themis instrument team.
Fantastic! I’m so glad you got to see it. And don’t worry about not taking photos. If you’ve never seen a total eclipse, you don’t want to spend it futzing with a camera.
October 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Fantastic! I’m so glad you got to see it. And don’t worry about not taking photos. If you’ve never seen a total eclipse, you don’t want to spend it futzing with a camera.
Indeed. I still work with a lot of national parks, but mostly from afar. Some from really afar.
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Indeed. I still work with a lot of national parks, but mostly from afar. Some from really afar.
Sadly those days have passed. I moved from CA back to Ithaca NY and now I’m mostly working with NY State Parks. But those were great summers in a place that changed the course of my life. #parkchat
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Sadly those days have passed. I moved from CA back to Ithaca NY and now I’m mostly working with NY State Parks. But those were great summers in a place that changed the course of my life. #parkchat
A2: For 10 years I gave a night sky talk every summer at the LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite. Gorgeous place under the trees and where I first realized “Half the park is after dark.” #parkchat
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A2: For 10 years I gave a night sky talk every summer at the LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite. Gorgeous place under the trees and where I first realized “Half the park is after dark.” #parkchat
Aurora Borealis 9/2/2025 and Aurora Australis 3/24/2025 in one year.
September 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Aurora Borealis 9/2/2025 and Aurora Australis 3/24/2025 in one year.
OMG!!! I’m flying to Amsterdam on my way to Kilimanjaro and made sure to get a window seat on the north side of the plane in hopes of aurora and was blown away by the colors. I’ve never seen them so bright! Here are my crappy iPhone photos.
September 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
OMG!!! I’m flying to Amsterdam on my way to Kilimanjaro and made sure to get a window seat on the north side of the plane in hopes of aurora and was blown away by the colors. I’ve never seen them so bright! Here are my crappy iPhone photos.
Bags are packed and tomorrow I fly to Kilimanjaro. I’m the astronomer on a trip for Betchart Expeditions and The Planetary Society to see a total lunar eclipse over the baobab trees of Tanzania (with the chance of a major auroral storm during my polar flight there). #childhooddream #art #astronomy
September 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Bags are packed and tomorrow I fly to Kilimanjaro. I’m the astronomer on a trip for Betchart Expeditions and The Planetary Society to see a total lunar eclipse over the baobab trees of Tanzania (with the chance of a major auroral storm during my polar flight there). #childhooddream #art #astronomy
Hey, in my three weeks in Glacier I never spent time outside at night where I was more than 10 feet away for a car or building.
August 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hey, in my three weeks in Glacier I never spent time outside at night where I was more than 10 feet away for a car or building.
There are at least four former canal towpath bike trails in my part of NYs Finger Lakes. The historical markers are fascinating and the degree to which nature has reclaimed mills and factories from the early 1800s is astounding. Meanwhile this buckwheat mill in Penn Yan is over 200 years old.
July 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There are at least four former canal towpath bike trails in my part of NYs Finger Lakes. The historical markers are fascinating and the degree to which nature has reclaimed mills and factories from the early 1800s is astounding. Meanwhile this buckwheat mill in Penn Yan is over 200 years old.
Yeah, I know nothing about Spain, and am not a huge fan of the heat. So I’ll be leading a group on Oceanwide’s Hondius to Greenland. I got clouded out on Hondius for an eclipse in Antarctica, but wouldn’t have missed going there for the world. Same with Greenland. Iceland looks spectacular.
July 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yeah, I know nothing about Spain, and am not a huge fan of the heat. So I’ll be leading a group on Oceanwide’s Hondius to Greenland. I got clouded out on Hondius for an eclipse in Antarctica, but wouldn’t have missed going there for the world. Same with Greenland. Iceland looks spectacular.
Riding a bike, kayaking, or boating on the Erie Canal is a journey thru America of yesteryear as driving Route 66. It was a huge honor to be asked to design this for their Bicentennial. They have made a pdf to download and print your own. #art edge.sitecorecloud.io/newyorkpowe2...
July 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Riding a bike, kayaking, or boating on the Erie Canal is a journey thru America of yesteryear as driving Route 66. It was a huge honor to be asked to design this for their Bicentennial. They have made a pdf to download and print your own. #art edge.sitecorecloud.io/newyorkpowe2...
Thanks! I’ve been really loving your photos. I’m heading to Tanzania in a month and you’ve inspired me to photograph wildlife. But I also designed a poster for the trip I’ll be guiding.
July 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Thanks! I’ve been really loving your photos. I’m heading to Tanzania in a month and you’ve inspired me to photograph wildlife. But I also designed a poster for the trip I’ll be guiding.
I’ve got a booth at the annual Ithaca NY Artist’s Market on August 8th. I’ll be selling posters and canvases for a selection of my Finger Lakes and New York designs (including the Erie Canal bicentennial this year). I’m in booth 56: Tyler Nordgren. Check it out:
artspartner.org/content/view... #art
artspartner.org/content/view... #art
July 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’ve got a booth at the annual Ithaca NY Artist’s Market on August 8th. I’ll be selling posters and canvases for a selection of my Finger Lakes and New York designs (including the Erie Canal bicentennial this year). I’m in booth 56: Tyler Nordgren. Check it out:
artspartner.org/content/view... #art
artspartner.org/content/view... #art
Got the word, my 2023 & 2024 Solar Eclipse posters arrived at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to be in their permanent collection. They join the 2017 posters I did. They are 75 posters in total. You can see them all here: www.tylernordgren.com/2023-2024-so... #art #astronomy
July 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Got the word, my 2023 & 2024 Solar Eclipse posters arrived at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to be in their permanent collection. They join the 2017 posters I did. They are 75 posters in total. You can see them all here: www.tylernordgren.com/2023-2024-so... #art #astronomy
I lead astronomy trips and draw travel posters for the ones I do. In these crazy times, it brings me joy to think of distant beautiful places where awe-inspiring sights are visible overhead. Here’s one trip I just finished and one I’ll be going on this Fall. #astronomy #art
May 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I lead astronomy trips and draw travel posters for the ones I do. In these crazy times, it brings me joy to think of distant beautiful places where awe-inspiring sights are visible overhead. Here’s one trip I just finished and one I’ll be going on this Fall. #astronomy #art
Great shots! I’d never tried astrophotography from a moving ship. I made the mistake of using an extremely wide lens which on land gets you a longer exposure w/o star trails, but on a rocking ship does the opposite.
April 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Great shots! I’d never tried astrophotography from a moving ship. I made the mistake of using an extremely wide lens which on land gets you a longer exposure w/o star trails, but on a rocking ship does the opposite.
As a former astronomer with the US Naval Observatory which has a mission involving the precise measurement of time (among other things) I see so many folks get this wrong. It’s petty, but that’s what pet peeves are for.
April 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
As a former astronomer with the US Naval Observatory which has a mission involving the precise measurement of time (among other things) I see so many folks get this wrong. It’s petty, but that’s what pet peeves are for.