Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/18

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Subject: [Leica] Harvest Moon
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:42:31 +0200
References: <8D08202022B2619-1D18-36EA4@webmail-m167.sysops.aol.com> <4FEAB4F38F56461F8DA14D4D7D2CFA84@JKHP64> <E077591D-C10C-4986-B044-25F747981F34@cartersxrd.net>

same size - what makes us think it's bigger when lower is the presence  
of a reference for the eye - read horizon
when high, it is lost in approximatley 180 ? of darkness hence the  
feeling it's smaller

I may be wrong, as always

Amities
Philippe

Le 18 sept. 13 ? 17:35, RicCarter a ?crit :

> yes
>
> ric
>
>
> On Sep 18, 2013, at 11:34 AM, "Julian Koplen" <jkoplen at sc.rr.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> If one photographs the moon at the horizon and then when it appears  
>> high in the sky, are the moon's images on the negatives the same-- 
>> or nearly the same--size?
>>
>> Julian
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: lrzeitlin at aol.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 5:14 PM
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Subject: [Leica] Harvest Moon
>>
>> A rare photo opportunity for astrophotography buffs. The Harvest Moon
>> is Sept. 19. When the moon rises above the horizon on this night it
>> looks MUCH bigger than normal. This video explains why that is.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXkYjL_7jME#t=33
>> Larry Z
>>
>>
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