Astrophotography
From Photo-3d
The Moon
In a book somewhere I saw a stereo pair of the full moon. The moon wobbles slowly on its apparent axis from side to side (nutation, I think this is called) So somebody took 2 separate full moon shots one when the moon was twisted left and one twisted right. The text explained that the effective separation of the two eyes viewing it would be over a hundred miles, a giant’s eye view! It was most effective. So, if you have moon shots taken on different occasions, try pairing them up!4
4. Thanks to David Carter (dactyl@netcom.com)
Astronomy 3D Articles
| Source | Contents |
|---|---|
| Sky and Telescope, April 1988, “The Sky in Stereo” | Reproduces stereo pairs of the full moon, a total lunar eclipse giving the effectreported in a recent e-mail, an artificially created pair showing what the BigDipper stars would look like if seen with a huge interocular separation, and the moon’s surface taken by Cernan and Schmitt. It mentions a 1909 paper describing stereo views of Comet Morehouse. The full moon stereo view is circa 1864, and they say that other planets, comets, eclipses, asteroids and the 1874 transit of Venus were also photographed and published as stereo views. |
| Stereo World | Vol 15 #3 - Pairs of the moon, scenes on the moon. The sun, Mercury, a meteor, Mars, and Phobos. Vol 16 #3 - The Apollo Mission. Vol ?? #? - Stereo photo of a meteor. |
Other Astrophotography topics
Although not actually 3D, an interesting application is being used by an acquaintance of mine - he takes two photos of the same section of night sky a couple of hours apart. When viewed with a 3D viewer, he looks for anything which does not “match up” between the two photos. He is using this to search for comets.
