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- From: mcampbel@cs.ucf.edu (Mike Campbell )
- Subject: Re: Non-Relflecting object
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- References: <dwarner.18@milo.ub.com> <Bzq2Ln.FM@brunel.ac.uk>,<schumach.725151168@convex.convex.com> <1hgoetINNfjb@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:30:55 GMT
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- carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
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- >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.
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- >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.
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- Why?
-