Field notes · Two scales

Exploring the microscopic and the cosmic.

A personal observatory for life under the lens and light across the universe.

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Selected work

Recent observations

A visual record of specimens, structures and distant light—captured through microscopes and a small smart telescope.

Longitudinal section of a young female pine cone

Female pine cone

Microscopy · AmScope M620
Pelican Nebula captured with a Dwarf 3 telescope

Pelican Nebula

IC 5070 · Dwarf 3
Fragilaria diatom viewed through a microscope

Fragilaria diatom

400× · AmScope M620
North America Nebula rendered in Hubble HSO colours

North America Nebula

NGC 7000 · HSO

Live experiments

Two worlds you can enter.

The simulations turn observation into interaction: identify organisms on a virtual slide or move through a working model of the solar system.

Microscopic algae used to introduce the Microcosmos simulation
Experiment 01 · Microbiology

The microscopic realm

Explore, focus and identify a living sample through a virtual microscope.
Full Moon used to introduce the Solar System simulation
Experiment 02 · Astronomy

Our solar system

Navigate planets, moons, asteroids and notable objects in an interactive model.
AmScope M620 compound microscope

Field notes · Equipment

The tools behind the observations.

Practical notes on the microscopes, telescope, mounts and software I use—from first experiments to finished images.

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About the observer

One curiosity, at radically different scales.

I’m Nicky, a software engineer drawn to microscopy, astrophotography and the satisfying work of learning how things behave. Micro Cosmic is where I share that ongoing exploration.