New designations - artistic error? (APOD 28 Aug 2006)

John Stetson · Post by **John Stetson** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:08 pm

good morning,

I love APOD.

Today, something appeared to be not quite right.

As my friend, Craig Friedrich, noted in an email exchange this AM: "(the artist's image) shows the planets and dwarf planets ... The sun is in the left but the lit side is on the right ..."

Was this just an artistic error?

|orion44| · Post by **|orion44|** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:57 pm

you have right! I noted the same! It only can be a artistic error.

Gene Hill · Post by **Gene Hill** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:03 am

The 28 August 2006 picture is beautiful and I printed it for my wall paper gallery of apod pictures. Then I noticed a curious thing--the sun is shining to the upper right of all the planets with a sun on the left. I know it's a composite picture, but shouldn't the sun be making the light on the planets?

CharlesBell · Post by **CharlesBell** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:30 am

It took me a while but I noticed it too. I emailed the APOD guys and I was sent to this web site. It looks pretty good.

I sent email to the IAU home page.

That picture could end up in text books. Its lousy science. It seems all the astronomy discussion groups just want pretty pictures.

makc · Post by **makc** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:10 am

http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... php?t=6744

craterchains · Post by **craterchains** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:14 am

And, I do have to agree with C. Bell on this one.

Norval

Starship Asterisk*

New designations - artistic error? (APOD 28 Aug 2006)

New designations - artistic error? (APOD 28 Aug 2006)

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