THF has this absolute abomination of a banner image, so I volunteered to provide him with something. He wanted a view of something from Stellarium.
I suggested he should try to get Earth from Betelgeuse.
Now I might’ve done something silly, but we can’t select Earth from Betelgeuse - but I selected ‘Sol’ for him and here’s the image in 700×202 size as I see the banner (if size is different you just tell me, wokay?)
Notice, you doubters of the answer, that the apparent magnitude of THE EARTH’S SUN from BETELGEUSE is… ten point forty two. (Well ten point four two to be pedantically honest).
Here is the image for Harish (ask permission if anyone else wants to use - celestia for copyright, me for artistic license and THF for first-claim)
PS: THF - Here’s a better selection of images (mostly Creative commons or free-for-fair-use)
Excellent image, but will you give it a rest with 42?
Also brilliant new sidebar. But I tried verdana and it’s not looking nice in mine..
Comment by Anupam Guha — April 2, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
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@Anupam: Try Tahoma. And 42 is not my fault.
Comment by Nimish Batra — April 2, 2008 @ 11:01 pm