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From: Robert Gendler
I'm not too concerned about 3-D modeling...too
complex for this initial attempt at digitally stretching M31.
12 deg. from edge on is 90-12 = 78 deg. tipped
from 'square on' The cosine of 78 is 0.208... If you shrink the
image of the galaxy only along its widest axis to 21% its original size...or
expand the short axis by 1/0.21 which is multiplying it by 4.8 in length...then
you should get a first approximation of a face on view...ignoring the
3-D/perspective/distortion problems.
Tom Krajci
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