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Old July 24th 04, 03:39 AM
Jay Windley
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"Michael" wrote in message
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| (5)No Stars ?.....2 stars are in this image.
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| http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...-40-5916HR.jpg

Sorry, almost certainly not. A white speck is not automatically a star. At
the exposures consistent with Apollo 11 photography, no stars are bright
enough to expose Ektachrome film. You would need an exposure of at least
several seconds -- probably 30 -- before stars began to show up.

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