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<em>drawing by [mailto:philip.morgan@talktalk.net Phil Morgan], U.K.</em><br />
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Every time before I publish a drawing I argue with myself about it. Drawings such as Phil's classic depiction<br />
 
Every time before I publish a drawing I argue with myself about it. Drawings such as Phil's classic depiction<br />
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show more detail, more accurately than the best drawings. Artists, and that is what astronomy sketchers are,<br />
 
show more detail, more accurately than the best drawings. Artists, and that is what astronomy sketchers are,<br />
 
select what to show and perhaps without even thinking about it leave out features that aren't critical to the story<br />
 
select what to show and perhaps without even thinking about it leave out features that aren't critical to the story<br />
they are telling with pencil, pen and ink. An [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070213 image] of the Lassell area with similar illumination (and sadly with<br />
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they are telling with pencil, pen and ink. An [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070213" rel="nofollow image] of the Lassell area with similar illumination (and sadly with<br />
 
a defect of display that I haven't been able to fix) provides a more trustworthy documentation. The text I write<br />
 
a defect of display that I haven't been able to fix) provides a more trustworthy documentation. The text I write<br />
 
each night for LPODs tries to explain the geologic processes displayed in an image but I wouldn't trust a draw-<br />
 
each night for LPODs tries to explain the geologic processes displayed in an image but I wouldn't trust a draw-<br />
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a visitor to an art gallery, interested, perhaps even fascinated, by how another person perceives the world.<br />
 
a visitor to an art gallery, interested, perhaps even fascinated, by how another person perceives the world.<br />
 
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br />
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<strong>Technical Details</strong><br />
 
<strong>Technical Details</strong><br />

Revision as of 22:42, 4 January 2015

Perceptions

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drawing by " rel="nofollow Phil Morgan, U.K.

Every time before I publish a drawing I argue with myself about it. Drawings such as Phil's classic depiction
of Lassell above have a romantic, even avocative appeal, tying us to the only effective way before about 20-
30 years ago to capture lunar details. But now even relatively small telescopes can capture CCD images that
show more detail, more accurately than the best drawings. Artists, and that is what astronomy sketchers are,
select what to show and perhaps without even thinking about it leave out features that aren't critical to the story
they are telling with pencil, pen and ink. An " rel="nofollow image of the Lassell area with similar illumination (and sadly with
a defect of display that I haven't been able to fix) provides a more trustworthy documentation. The text I write
each night for LPODs tries to explain the geologic processes displayed in an image but I wouldn't trust a draw-
ing enough to base an interpretation on it. The fine art world faced a similar problem 100 years ago. Photography
could then capture any scene more precisely than any drawing. Perhaps that was one reason why cubism and
other interpretive artistic styles developed. But painting persisted and today's art galleries are far more full of
paintings than of photographs. Paintings, and astronomical sketches, provide a unique human perspective of a
piece of the world, or in this case another world. As an explainer of science I want a depiction of a scene that
hasn't been filtered through another brain, another perception. But when I use a drawing for an LPOD I am like
a visitor to an art gallery, interested, perhaps even fascinated, by how another person perceives the world.

" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood

Technical Details
Feb 18, 2013, 18:20 to 18:45 UT. 305 Newtonian x 400.

Related Links
Rükl plate 54
21st Century Atlas chart 16.