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New designations - artistic error? (APOD 28 Aug 2006)
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:08 pm
by John Stetson
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?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:57 pm
by |orion44|
you have right! I noted the same! It only can be a artistic error.
New Solar System Designation
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:03 am
by Gene Hill
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?
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:30 am
by CharlesBell
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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:10 am
by makc
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:14 am
by craterchains
And, I do have to agree with C. Bell on this one.
Norval