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Re: Stereo of the Moon

  • From: P3D RJ Thorpe <thorpe@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Stereo of the Moon
  • Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 09:53:30 -0600
I know that the 3D effect of the moon pictures comes from the wobble 
(is that perturbation?). While thinking about this something else came
to me that I would like to run by the group.

The earth is about 8000 miles in diameter and the moon is about
250,000 miles away. If all the conditions were right; moonrise at
sunset and moonset at sunrise, etc, and you took a picture at both 
times. Then the ratio would be 8000:250,000 or about 1:30 which is
what I think we shoot for. Any comments?

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RJ Thorpe
Cedar Rapids, IA
mailto:thorpe@xxxxxxxx
http://www.skep.com


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