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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
- Subject: Re: Non-Relflecting object
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 20:29:04 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- In article <mcampbel.725383855@eola.cs.ucf.edu>, mcampbel@cs.ucf.edu (Mike Campbell ) writes:
- =carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- =
- =>In article <schumach.725151168@convex.convex.com>, schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:
- =>>Or, empty space. Once when it was necessary to have a very
- =>>dark background for some high-speed flash photography, we
- =>>waited until night and used an open window as the background.
- =>>It worked great. Of course, it's necessary that there be no
- =>>light sources or nearby objects (anything is a potential
- =>>reflector) visible through the window; what constitutes a
- =>>source or "nearby" will depend on your application.
- =
- =>I'm afraid that "empty space" is anything but. Were your claim even close to
- =>accurate, there'd be a lot of astronomers out of business.
- =
- =Why?
-
- Well, the original question dealt with what a perfectly black object would look
- like. Now, though for a photographer the view out an open window might look
- "black," to an astronomer (remember, these guys deal with exposures on the
- order of HOURS), there's LOTS of light out there. Hell, even for combat troops
- with passive night-vision goggles, there's lots of light out there.
-
- And that's not even considering the infrared.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-