h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Anna,

I know that for consistency usually you don't include pictures not drawn by your team into edited entries. However, is it possible to make an exception for star maps created for a constellation project?

You can have a look at an example at http://www.h2g2.com/A484265

Thank you!

P.S.: I already asked Peta but apparently I mixed up Community Editor and Guide Editor (very subtle difference for a non-insider). Sorry.

A humble suggestion: Please let h2g2 print a fat red warning message if your posting has still no subject in preview -- for those stupid blind people who forget it.

It's true we don't use illustrations not drawn by the art team, but that doesn't mean that we can't pass on your marvellous sky maps to the art team to use as inspiration! We can pass them on if you like

Great! Are the bitmaps sufficient? Or does it help if I send the Corel Draw files to you?

Bitmaps are fine

Hi Cefpret,

Your entry on HR diagrams has just come in for editing, and I've also had a look at your diagram, which seem fine to me (and I'm very well acquainted with HR diagrams, so norries there...).

I'll pass them over to our artist to see what she thinks, and ensure that the salient features are left in. She might think they're fine as-is, though - we'll see.

Thanks, that sounds very promising! Why do you know HRDs so well? Hobby or (ex-)profession?
And ... I'm not a native speaker, what does 'norries' mean?

Ahahah - that'll teach me to type too quickly: 'norries' is me trying to type 'no worries'. I might use it more often, though - it's a good word!

I started off my university degree doing astronomy (after two years of Astronomy A-level). I was even going to be an astronaut... maybe. We spent about a month on HR diagrams and their connotations for cosmology. Quite interesting stuff, which comes flooding back!