<div dir="ltr">Yes I completely agree, why start from scratch when there is already great artwork, the only issue was about copyright and 1795 better be public domain! </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Daniel Baboiu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.baboiu@shaw.ca" target="_blank">daniel.baboiu@shaw.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I think the artwork should NOT be original, but from traditional images.<br>
These days, these images are considered just art, but in old times they<br>
were used as a reference to locate interesting objects. See, for<br>
example, the description (from 1844, but republished more recently) of a<br>
double star n Cassiopeia's left elbow here:<br>
<a href="https://bestdoubles.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/sigma-%CF%" target="_blank">https://bestdoubles.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/sigma-%CF%</a><br>
83-cassiopeiae-a-smalt-blue-jewel-on-the-ladys-shoulder/<br>
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Now compare that with the image from<br>
<a href="https://artislimited.wordpress.com/tag/home-design-fixture/" target="_blank">https://artislimited.wordpress.com/tag/home-design-fixture/</a><br>
which is basically the same, but upside down in relation to the<br>
stars...<br>
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Even in an era when star positions were accurately measured, astronomers<br>
like Flamsteed stayed close to the traditional images rather than more<br>
realistic images.<br>
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It is difficult to find such artwork, but copies are kept in libraries.<br>
For example, US Naval Observatory has a collection of rare books,<br>
including star atlases dating back to 1603;<br>
<a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/library/historical/images-of-historical-objects-artwork-in-library/rare-books" target="_blank">http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/library/historical/images-of-historical-objects-artwork-in-library/rare-books</a><br>
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Note that some of the old books such as Poeticon Astronomicon by<br>
Hyginus (1482) represent the star positions adjusted to fit the image,<br>
rather than the other way around...<br>
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Finding the right images will be difficult, but I think you can start<br>
with Jamieson's "Celestial Atlas" (30 plates published on UNSO web site)<br>
and "Urania's Mirror" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania%27s_Mirror" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania%27s_Mirror</a>)<br>
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On Wed, 2015-02-11 at 08:58 +0300, Jasem Mutlaq wrote:<br>
> Hi Adityan,<br>
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> The 88 constellations is a modern arrangement, only agreed upon in the<br>
> 1920s; I think there were about 48 ancient constellations since<br>
> ancient Greeks. You don't need to create any artwork yourself if you<br>
> can obtain something that may be published under a permissible<br>
> (Creative Commons or similar) license. I am not entirely certain, but<br>
> I think books over 70 years old are in public domain and are not<br>
> subject to copyright? Maybe someone can correct me on this. And btw,<br>
> neither Photoshop nor Gimp are used to create artwork; maybe something<br>
> like Krita is more appropriate. Just an FYI.<br>
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> Regards,<br>
> Jasem<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,<br>Jasem Mutlaq<br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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