Re: Show-and-Tell number 10 is now available

[Michael Koppelman <lolife@bitstream.net>]

Very nice. I didn't realize Tom had so many trees! I'm surprised you  
can see anything from the woods there.

It's a minor complaint, but I find the lines connecting the dots on the  
plots distracting (e.g.  
http://stupendous.rit.edu/tass/showtell/st0010.images/ 
J070354.0110142.png). I don't mind lines that guide the eye but these  
lines often more distract than guide the eye.

I've found that gnuplot, out of the box, does not make very pretty  
plots. I've gotten in the habit of using gnuplot to create eps files  
and then convert those to PNG or JPEG -- you have more options for  
point types and such. Again, probably a minor point, considering the  
depth of material you have, but plain ol' gnuplots are pretty  
unsatisfying.

Cheers,
Michael Koppelman
http://www.lolife.com/astronomy/


On Mar 21, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Stupendous Man wrote:

>
>   Tom and I have written a document for the First Virtual
> Meeting on Amateur Astronomy
>
>          http://www.bellatrixobservatory.org/cvaa1announce.html
>
> You can find it on the TASS home page, as Show-and-Tell number 10:
>
>          http://stupendous.rit.edu/tass/showtell/st0010.html
>
>                                       Michael Richmond
>