[Kstars-devel] Suggestions for a newbie

[Jasem Mutlaq]

Hi Adityan,

The 88 constellations is a modern arrangement, only agreed upon in the
1920s; I think there were about 48 ancient constellations since ancient
Greeks. You don't need to create any artwork yourself if you can obtain
something that may be published under a permissible (Creative Commons or
similar) license. I am not entirely certain, but I think books over 70
years old are in public domain and are not subject to copyright? Maybe
someone can correct me on this. And btw, neither Photoshop nor Gimp are
used to create artwork; maybe something like Krita is more appropriate.
Just an FYI.

Regards,
Jasem


On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:22 AM, M.S. Adityan <msadityan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Jasem, I have a few questions regarding the constellation art idea for
> GSoC. With the limited knowledge I have right now, I am assuming that the
> constellation art would be required to be a set of 88 vector images. Am I
> right? Would proficiency with photoshop be of any help? If photoshop is not
> allowed, then I could use Gimp. Essentially would the art forms be required
> to be drawn, or would the be available from source ready to be integrated
> into the proposed SkyComponent module?
>
> Akarsh, I will have a look at starhopper.cpp and ask you more pertinent
> questions. As far as operating a telescope is concerned, I don't own a
> telescope myself. But yes I have spent many nights star gazing with my
> friend who owned a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope. So I have more of an
> 'observational' experience with handling telescopes, since he didn't let me
> use it myself! Apart from that I was allowed access for a few star gazing
> sessions, and a Venus transit from an 8 inch refractor housed in the MS
> University of Baroda, Gujarat. It is one of the largest telescopes
> available in India. I was not a student there, so I had limited access, and
> that too on only a few occasions. I am now pursuing an undergraduate degree
> in mathematics in BITS Pilani, India, and I hope to get access to a small
> telescope which owned by our Astro Club.
>
> Regards
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:22 AM, Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adityan
>>
>> One thing that I have in mind is this: Look at the star hopper code
>> under tools/starhopper.cpp and try and extend the pattern recognition
>> to include squares and Y-shapes and the like. You can also try and
>> include "tight" double stars, asterisms and the like.
>>
>> I'm just curious -- you said you were into astronomy -- do you have
>> experience with operating a telescope etc?
>>
>> Regards
>> Akarsh
>>
>
>


-- 
Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq
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