Original -
EV Lacertae is a faint red dwarf
star 16.5
light years away in the constellation
Lacerta. It is the nearest star to the
Sun in that region of the
sky, although with an apparent magnitude of 10, it is only barely visible with binoculars. EV Lacertae is a young star with a
Metallicity extremely high. EV Lacertae is much smaller and dimmer than our sun. In other words, a tiny, wimpy star is capable of packing a very
powerful punch. This flare was thousands of times more powerful than the greatest observed solar flare, that contain millions of times more
energy than
atomic bombs.
No, of course not. But neither is there a rule forbidding me to oppose... ;-) Seriously, I think an artist's conception of a scientific subject is seldom enc enough to be FP. --
Janke |
Talk07:47, 28 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Oppose - very pretty but no real encyclopaedic value for the article it appears in. Does draw the reader in but provides no useful information -
Peripitus(Talk)00:55, 28 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Comment I don't think I have the experience to comment on FPC (er, other than the image I'm already commenting on), but definitely I can say the caption needs rewriting for grammar and brevity. The image does seem encyclopedic to me -- provided someone who knows astronomy can confirm it looks technically accurate -- but it's linked to a stub article, which is tagged for references. I think it would be kind of embarrassing to link to that from the main page.
Fletcher (
talk)
01:42, 28 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Oppose Speaking as an amateur astronomer, I can tell you that this is not very scientifically accurate. Nor is the technical quality very good, especially considering that it is an artist's rendering. The lack in accuracy would be forgivable if this were a particularly good artist's rendering, but that is simply not the case. Compare the image to
this or
this for example. It's tough to support astronomical artist's renderings, all of them have wow, but how do you differ them from typical space art?
TheOtherSiguy (
talk)
23:01, 30 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Original -
EV Lacertae is a faint red dwarf
star 16.5
light years away in the constellation
Lacerta. It is the nearest star to the
Sun in that region of the
sky, although with an apparent magnitude of 10, it is only barely visible with binoculars. EV Lacertae is a young star with a
Metallicity extremely high. EV Lacertae is much smaller and dimmer than our sun. In other words, a tiny, wimpy star is capable of packing a very
powerful punch. This flare was thousands of times more powerful than the greatest observed solar flare, that contain millions of times more
energy than
atomic bombs.
No, of course not. But neither is there a rule forbidding me to oppose... ;-) Seriously, I think an artist's conception of a scientific subject is seldom enc enough to be FP. --
Janke |
Talk07:47, 28 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Oppose - very pretty but no real encyclopaedic value for the article it appears in. Does draw the reader in but provides no useful information -
Peripitus(Talk)00:55, 28 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Comment I don't think I have the experience to comment on FPC (er, other than the image I'm already commenting on), but definitely I can say the caption needs rewriting for grammar and brevity. The image does seem encyclopedic to me -- provided someone who knows astronomy can confirm it looks technically accurate -- but it's linked to a stub article, which is tagged for references. I think it would be kind of embarrassing to link to that from the main page.
Fletcher (
talk)
01:42, 28 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Oppose Speaking as an amateur astronomer, I can tell you that this is not very scientifically accurate. Nor is the technical quality very good, especially considering that it is an artist's rendering. The lack in accuracy would be forgivable if this were a particularly good artist's rendering, but that is simply not the case. Compare the image to
this or
this for example. It's tough to support astronomical artist's renderings, all of them have wow, but how do you differ them from typical space art?
TheOtherSiguy (
talk)
23:01, 30 June 2008 (UTC)reply