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31 Jul 2024 00:27:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Feature request: speed of light  
From: Gilles Tran
Date: 29 Feb 2008 04:27:34
Message: <47c7d006$1@news.povray.org>

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>I would like to request the addition of speed of the light rays. This would
> allow one to explore things like doppler effects, as well as the 
> difference
> between the geometric versus apparent positions of the sun, moon and 
> planets.

I'm not sure if this is what you need, but there have been a few 
"relativistic" POV-Ray versions in the past :
http://physics.syr.edu/courses/PHY312.03Spring/mcdonald/phy312/index.html
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cship/cship.html
http://www.lehrer-online.de/povray-relativistisch.php

G.


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