In article <3ea44b2d@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

> > In that case, the brightness is on your side of the glass, so glare 
> > masks many of them.
> 
>   Glass has nothing to do with it.

When you are in a brightly lit room looking out the window (as you gave 
in your example), the glass is very important. The reflection of the 
interior of the room is far brighter than many stars, and covers a much 
wider area. The helmet visor doesn't have a brighter interior to 
reflect, which is why I gave the example of opening a door and glancing 
out. Try it: the stars are visible. From what I've read about what the 
astronauts actually saw, at least when you are facing upward and away 
from the sun, the stars are perfectly visible.

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