27-06-2016, 09:17 PM
Thanks, Sam. My estimation of the number of points was a very rough one, so I appreciate the corrections.
From six to nine, that's quite a spread. My impression of the imagery is that every line matters, so my intuition would be too that the number of points has some significance. I'd find it weird if someone had to draw dozens of stars and by accident varied the points between six and nine.
Perceived brightness of stars may be the reason as suggested, though I'd still find it weird then to choose numbers between 6 and 9, and skip the obvious five pointer...
From six to nine, that's quite a spread. My impression of the imagery is that every line matters, so my intuition would be too that the number of points has some significance. I'd find it weird if someone had to draw dozens of stars and by accident varied the points between six and nine.
Perceived brightness of stars may be the reason as suggested, though I'd still find it weird then to choose numbers between 6 and 9, and skip the obvious five pointer...