From: Andy Howell (DAHowell@lbl.gov)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 15:21:32 PDT
Thanks for the kind words Don.
As you can guess, we had no control over the cover. I didn't even know
it was
the cover story until it arrived in my mailbox.
As for the accretion disk picture, it is a painting by Don Dixon. He
modified
an earlier work based on my instructions to show a SN progenitor system.
I doubt they can give me a copy because is is copyrighted, but in a few
weeks
they will start selling the PDF version of the article on the S&T web site
(they don't even give me a free PDF!) and I'll get it and work some
photoshop
magic so we can use it for talks.
The six-panel montage on pp. 34-35 showing what happens to the companion
star during a supernova is actually part of a movie that they had made, and
I both the movie and the stills because I worked very closely with the
artist.
We tried to get them to include a picture of SNAP because it is mentioned
in the article. I sent them about 50 different renderings of it, but
they were
all rejected for being "too boring." Oh well.
If you want to see the first draft of the article, with notes on how we
changed it, check out my public outreach site:
http://www.starstuff.org
It is in the "Recent Articles" section.
-Andy
Don Groom wrote:
>The cover story of the November 2002 Sky & Telescope a very fine article
>"Anatomy of a Supernova," by Stephen M. Maurer and D. Andrew Howell. Not
>surprisingly, it's about SNe Ia. But surprisingly, the cover picture is of
>M1!
>
>The accretion disk picture on pp 28-29 is the best ever, and somehow we
>need to get a copy to use in talks! Photoshop is a distinct possibility.
>
>D
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