"Artist's Conception"

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by TruthSeeker, Apr 19, 2004.

  1. TruthSeeker Fancy Virtual Reality Monkey Valued Senior Member

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    Honestly, don't you hate when you are expecting to see a real picture and you find an "artist's conception"? I find it soooooo irritating. I was just looking at the new most distant planet found and I realized I was looking just at a painting or whatever...

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    Oh well... not that I don't like painting and art... but sometimes I just expect to actually see the planet, star or whatever. I wish we get better telescopes and take pictures of planets, red dwarfs, giant stars, neutron stars, RR Lyrae and black holes... I would love to actually see them. Isn't the Hubble telescope good enough for that? It can see 13Glyrs away...!

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    Btw... another example of "artist conception" from another thread...
     
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  3. whitewolf asleep under the juniper bush Registered Senior Member

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    You know, my classmates and I can do far better than that. Tsk-tsk, artists' skills are going down.

    (muahahahaha)

    But yes, I hate that too. Some of those renditions are quite good. Can't you find them irresistible?

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  5. TruthSeeker Fancy Virtual Reality Monkey Valued Senior Member

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    They are not bad. But I just wish to see the real thing. You know what I mean?

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