Re: (SNES) The Butterfly Effect and Astronomy

["Les Coleman" <les11@cox.net>]

Hi Dominic

You are welcome to repost my message. You may wish to include the following
link http://snegazers.braniac.com which will take anyone who reads the stuff
to the dialog on SNE Gazers. As far as being a "lurker" on our group, we are
glad to have people looking in. I would suggest that people also look at the
reviews in Sky and Telescope this month on binocular eyepieces which while
discussing two specific units, gives a fair amount of information. Some
people really like binocular viewers, others such as myself were less
enthusiastic. We've tried one on the 16" LX200 at FDO. Several people had
trouble with the inter ocular distance (distance the pupils). I liked the
use of both eyes but frankly I didn't get any great sense of 3D.

Les

>  I read your piece and am most intrigued by this phenomenon. I use a
> binocular headband magnifier because of the fine detail work I do and have
> always experienced the dimensional staggering effect you explained
whenever
> viewing colored images thru my magnifier. The effect seems to be more
> pronounced when a saturated color is surrounded by another color of
different
> wavelength. I had long suspected that the binocular effect that exists
when
> using a binoviewer on my refractor was related to the same. It is a
> physiological process of the being rather the mechanics of distance.
>  I would like to repost the body of your text to the ATM list
(atm@shore.net)
> as this subject of dimensional perception when viewing with a binoscope
has
> never been conclusively discussed. Waiting for your reply.
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