The Moon Illusion and the Height of the Sky

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Sep 1989

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Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India V.17:3, P. 55, 1989

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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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.

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