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Collimator

(2,081 posts) Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:02 PM Wednesday

NASA Images to Inspire, Humble, and Transport You

May you find respite from earthly concerns by gazing upon interstellar wonder.

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I wish they wouldn't "doctor" astro photos to create a false 3D effect. eppur_se_muova Wednesday #1

eppur_se_muova

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1. I wish they wouldn't "doctor" astro photos to create a false 3D effect.

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Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:58 PM

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Deep sky objects are so far away that parallax is immeasurably small. Trying to squeeze 3D view out of micro-parallaxes seems exceedingly likely to introduce large errors.

How accurate my 3-D-visions are depending on how much information I have and how well I implement it.
The final 3-D-image is always an appraised simulation of reality based on known scientific facts, deduction, and some artistic creativity.

https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-collection-of-3d-conversions-of-my.html

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