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  Re: solar system orrery two  
From: alphaQuad
Date: 27 Jan 2009 14:10:01
Message: <web.497f5b987180afa5ff21371b0@news.povray.org>
"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "alphaQuad" <alp### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> > It is probably evident that it is a photograph of the Milky Way needing cosmic
> > resolution; just the photos I could find with color differences and flaws, but
> > about 90% of it in one image.
>
> It's not only the low resolution - it's also the bad stitching-together. Hiding
> the seams from us would improve the look by some light-years, so to speak.
>
> > So what Ideas you got?
> > Draw the Milky Way with pov script?
> > Make a giant image file?
> > What tools?
>
> Shoot from a different angle so you the seams are not in view.
> Blend the sams more smoothly.
> Use your imagination.

Script was provided as a starting point for others to make improvements not as
the final word.

> I can't believe there's no high-res 360 degree imagery of the sky already
> waiting on NASA's servers to be picked up. And if it's *too* high-res, there's
> always the possibility to scale it down a bit, crop it to the portions that
> will be visible in your shots, or whatever.

NASA. Now you're trying to make me laugh. I can believe it. Maybe I needed
different search terms but I doubt that.


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