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- Wed May 14, 2008 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Full Moon next to Venus???? (APOD 23 Apr 2008)
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Hope this helps
I am an astronomer and I hope I can help... The fact that the resolution of the eye is of the order of arcminutes simply means that a point source (a star is a point source for all practical purposes) will appear to be about 4' in size. The atmosphere only makes it harder to see stars, not better. N...