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Originally Posted by ICanHas
I IR temped the sky and it is around 18-20F range. So, at night time, the effect of radiant cooling should be equivalent to standing next to a 20F wall. If you could build something that can is perfectly transparent to radiation, but zero conductivity, I wonder if it will cool down to 20F if you leave it under the night sky.
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Sounds like an interesting and easily-staged experiment.
I'd like to see your results!
BTW, I have IR measured the night sky before and it goes surprisingly lower than 18-20F.
-AC