Michael Jordan · Fine Art Astrophotography

Ancient light,
brought down to earth.

Nebulae, star-forming regions, and the quiet violence of dying stars — collected photon by photon under dark skies, and printed for the wall.

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Now Showing Of Light & Dust Solo exhibition · Opens July 11, 2026 · Local Colour, Occoquan VA
We spend most of our lives looking down. I look up.
Selected Work

The catalog

Every object here has a designation in the astronomical catalogs — a filing number for something a thousand times larger than our solar system. Each image is collected over hours of exposure from a backyard in Virginia or a remote observatory under the dark skies of Texas.

The Flying Bat Nebula, a vast red shell of hydrogen cradling the faint blue Squid Nebula at its center
Sh2-129 · Ou4 The Flying Bat & Squid Cepheus · ~2,300 light-years

A faint red wing of hydrogen spanning the width of several full moons — and inside it, the ghost-blue Squid, an object so dim it wasn't discovered until 2011.

The Jellyfish Nebula and surrounding dust clouds in warm orange and cool blue
IC 443 The Jellyfish Gemini · ~5,000 light-years

The remains of a star that detonated thousands of years ago, its shockwave still plowing through the gas around it — tendrils trailing like something adrift in deep water.

The Eastern Veil Nebula, interwoven filaments of red, blue, and green gas arcing across a starfield
NGC 6992 The Eastern Veil Cygnus · ~2,400 light-years

One arc of a supernova blast wave large enough to hold six full moons — braided ribbons of oxygen and hydrogen, still expanding after ten thousand years.

The Pelican Nebula rendered in teal, gold, and rust, with dark dust pillars carved by starlight
IC 5070 The Pelican Cygnus · ~1,800 light-years

A stellar nursery sculpted by the radiation of newborn stars — dust pillars eroding in real time, on a timescale no human will ever witness end to end.

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Prints & commissions

Fine art prints

Every work in the catalog is available as an archival print, produced on professional photographic paper and built to hang for decades.

  • Framed and matted editions, ready to hang
  • Custom sizes — from desk prints to large-format statement walls
  • Custom framing and finish options on request
  • Trade pricing available for interior designers & art consultants

Commissioned captures

Have a connection to a particular corner of the sky? Commission a dedicated capture — a specific nebula, star cluster, or region imaged over multiple nights and printed to your space.

  • Choose the object — or tell me the story, and I'll suggest one
  • Imaged from dark skies over hours of total exposure
  • Processed in my signature cinematic style
  • Delivered as a one-of-one print at the size your wall calls for
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Artist Statement

About the artist

There's something about the night sky that doesn't just pull at your eyes — it pulls at something deeper.

Michael Jordan is a Northern Virginia–based astrophotographer working under the name AstroMJ. What started as a trip to a dark-skies park became an obsession with capturing the deep sky — nebulae, star-forming regions, the quiet violence of dying stars.

He shoots from his backyard and from a remote observatory in Rockwood, Texas — anywhere the sky is dark enough to reveal something worth sharing. His approach is cinematic: processing for beauty, for impact, for the feeling of standing in front of something vast.

The universe is filled with color, structure, and light that exists beyond what the naked eye can see — clouds of gas and dust hundreds of light-years across, the remnants of dying stars, the birthplaces of new ones. This work is about bringing that world down to earth and putting it on a wall where anyone can stand in front of it and feel something.

Get in touch

For print inquiries, commissions, exhibition opportunities, or trade pricing — reach out anytime.

hello@astromj.com