Don Dixon (born 1951) is an American astronomical artist practicing

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in the tradition of

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. Born in

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, Dixon has created cover art for''

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'', and many other publications. Dixon's paintings have been used to illustrate the covers of several science fiction books, such as the

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and the

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. He directed and co-wrote the immersive animated film Centered in the Universe, which premiered in 2006 at the Samuel Oschin Planetarium at

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, where he served as Art Director from 1991-2021. He is a founding member of the

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(IAAA) and was elected a Fellow of that organization in 2000.

References

*"NASA Does it Better:Space Artists Face Reality" by Jia-Rui Chong,

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, June 18, 2006 *"Visions of Space" David A. Hardy Paper Tiger 1989 *"Space Art" Ron Miller

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Magazine *"Universe" Don Dixon Houghton Mifflin 1981

External links

*
Putting the Universe on Canvas, Interview on Planetary Radio
(July 24, 2006)

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