On 24/03/2011 11:34 AM, gregjohn wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  wrote:
>> You might be interested in Paolo Nespoli's MagISStra flickr page
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157625509187786/
>>
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>
>
> Thanks for the link: inspiring.

Here is another one you might find interesting. It's where I got the 
link to the flickr page.

> Interestingly, these show exactly the problem.
> I have been living in areas of massive light pollution for decades and so I have
> no real idea of what space looks like anymore. We have the Hubble images
> available to us, which provide a "ridiculous" number of stars that you know the
> human eye cannot see.  So that created problems for me in deciding how to do CG
> space scenes: how many stars are actually seen out there?  I guess the number
> can be "zero" if you have a bright object or planet anywhere in the scene, which
> makes it even harder to figure out how to "CG" it.
>

It is not a problem for me. I find reality overrated. ;-)



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Regards
     Stephen

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