Thread: Apollo 17 shot
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Old 02-16-2003, 02:51 PM   #11
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Originally posted by ndetroit
Stupid question, I guess, but.... Why can't I see any stars in the background?
They are overpowered by the large fields of bright grey. The same exposire time can't capture both the foreground and the starfield. An exposure time sufficient to show the stars would have left the foregrounf severely overexposed.
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