POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : The sun and stars : Re: The sun and stars Server Time
4 Aug 2024 20:13:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The sun and stars  
From: Jellby
Date: 20 Apr 2003 13:37:49
Message: <3ea2daed@news.povray.org>
Among other things, Warp wrote:

> Jellby <jel### [at] m-yahoocom> wrote:
>> In outer space this doesn't happen and it
>> should be possible to see the stars you cover the sun (and other bright
>> bodies), but I've never been there to try.
> 
>   As I said, it's perfectly possible to photograph stars in space. You
> just need to set the exposure time of the photographing device so long
> that it captures the light of the stars.
> [...]

Yes, I agree. I was just pointing out that, under the atmosphere, it's not 
just a matter of exposure time.

-- 
light_source{9+9*x,1}camera{orthographic look_at(1-y)/4angle 30location
9/4-z*4}light_source{-9*z,1}union{box{.9-z.1+x clipped_by{plane{2+y-4*x
0}}}box{z-y-.1.1+z}box{-.1.1+x}box{.1z-.1}pigment{rgb<.8.2,1>}}//Jellby


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