[Kstars-devel] Suggestions for a newbie

[Jasem Mutlaq]

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!

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Daniel Baboiu <daniel.baboiu at shaw.ca>
wrote:

> I think the artwork should NOT be original, but from traditional images.
> These days, these images are considered just art, but in old times they
> were used as a reference to locate interesting objects. See, for
> example, the description (from 1844, but republished more recently) of a
> double star n Cassiopeia's left elbow here:
> https://bestdoubles.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/sigma-%CF%
> 83-cassiopeiae-a-smalt-blue-jewel-on-the-ladys-shoulder/
>
>
> Now compare that with the image from
> https://artislimited.wordpress.com/tag/home-design-fixture/
> which is basically the same, but upside down in relation to the
> stars...
>
> Even in an era when star positions were accurately measured, astronomers
> like Flamsteed stayed close to the traditional images rather than more
> realistic images.
>
> It is difficult to find such artwork, but copies are kept in libraries.
> For example, US Naval Observatory has a collection of rare books,
> including star atlases dating back to 1603;
>
> http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/library/historical/images-of-historical-objects-artwork-in-library/rare-books
>
> Note that some of the old  books such as Poeticon Astronomicon by
> Hyginus (1482) represent the star positions adjusted to fit the image,
> rather than the other way around...
>
> Finding the right images will be difficult, but I think you can start
> with Jamieson's "Celestial Atlas" (30 plates published on UNSO web site)
> and "Urania's Mirror" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania%27s_Mirror)
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2015-02-11 at 08:58 +0300, Jasem Mutlaq wrote:
> > 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
> >
>
>
>
>


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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq
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