The Moon Illusion and the Height of the Sky

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Title:	The Moon Illusion and the Height of the Sky
Authors:	Abhyankar, K. D
Keywords:	Moon illusion-vision
Issue Date:	Sep-1989
Publisher:	Astronomical Society of Indian
Citation:	BASI, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 55-59
Abstract:	It is shown that the apparently flattened celestial vault can be represented by a geocentric sphere at a height of 3000-4000 km above the surface of the earth. It is also argued that our eye estimates the distance to this 'sky sphere' by its apparent opacity which is a function of the air mass. A hypothesis regarding the physiology of distance vision is proposed
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/955
Appears in Collections:	BASI Publications

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