A giant Sun lands in Greenwich: Luke Jerram’s ‘Helios’ fills the Painted Hall

A vast scale model of The Sun has arrived in Greenwich, as Luke Jerram’s latest model of the solar system fills the Painted Hall.The artwork measures seven metres in diameter and features 72dpi detailed imagery of the Sun’s surface. At an approximate scale of 1:200 million, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 200km of the Sun’s surface.
Unlike his previous static models of the solar system, this one is alive with the sun’s movement. If you