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P3D Re: really wide stereo base


  • From: Ronald Beck <ronald-beck@xxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D Re: really wide stereo base
  • Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:11:53 -0500

> If it weren't the case, astronomers wouldn't have to wait 6 months in
> order to detect parallax between the nearer and farther stars, using the
> baseline of the earth's orbit around the sun; they could do it nightly
> using your methodology.  There IS a distance at which a normal baseline
> will not provide enough disparity to trigger stereopsis, and whether one
> "like it or not" has nothing to do with the fact.


What would the baseline distance be if you took into account the generic
1/30 rule for celestial photography?


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