Abstract
Photometric measurements indicate that the presence of a long shaft causes no real change in the contrast of a star against the daytime sky. Moreover, physiological data suggest that contrary to popular opinion such a shaft may actually have an adverse effect on the daylight visibility of stars.
© 1955 Optical Society of America
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