· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 markseibold Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/19/08 Loc: Portland Oregon Shiaparelli's B-Day Good Cause To Draw Some Lines!       #2983742 - 03/14/09 03:52 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Schiaparelli I was pleasantly surprised to see the Google logo last night with craters drawn in place of the double-O. It wasn't till this morning that I allowed the cursor to float over the logo, that Giovanni Shiaparelli's Birthday info came up. Inspiration for a good night to draw some lines for a cause. (If you know the Canals on Mars story in history that eventually captured Percival Lowell too.) Today, I want to draw a Face on Mars! Mark Imagination is more inportant than knowledge. - Albert Einstein Post Extras:       CarlosEH Postmaster Reged: 01/19/05 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: Shiaparelli's B-Day Good Cause To Draw Some Li [Re: markseibold]       #2988967 - 03/17/09 02:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Mark, Planetary astronomy owes a great debt to the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835-1910). His description of linear features noted over the surface of Mars during the 1877 Mars Opposition as canali was mistranslated to channels and therefore sparking the life on Mars controversy. Schiaparelli postulated that the Comet Temple-Tuttle with the Leonid meteor shower (peak on November 17). Happy Birthday Giovanni Schiaparelli! Links; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Schiaparelli http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/04/channelling-martian-maps.html Carlos Post Extras:       markseibold Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/19/08 Loc: Portland Oregon Re: Shiaparelli's B-Day Good Cause To Draw Some Li [Re: CarlosEH]       #2989345 - 03/17/09 06:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Carlos Yes; thank you for posting the Wikipedia links to the history of Shiaparelli. I meant to do that and in a rush, I forgot to post the links. Truly amazing and admirable history that we should glean from Shiaparelli. Thanks again, Mark Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Undermidnight, cildarith  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 835 Jump to *Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Celestial Events*General Astronomy* -----   Beginners Forum   General Observing and Astronomy   Outreach   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning and Intermediate Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   NEO   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Speciality Forums* -----   Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo   NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum) and NEAIC (Northeast Astro Imaging Conference)   AstroArt   Astronomy Clubs and Star Parties   Astronomy Software & Computers   AstroWebsites   Science! Astronomy & Space Exploration, and Others   Space Rocks   Stellar Media*Swap and Shop* -----   Shop and Swap Audio Components*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements*International Year of Astronomy 2009 - Forums are now closed.* -----   IYA Archive Info CN Forums Home

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