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Re: [ATM] Extended Object Brightness

> down too slowly).  Is the answer here in the anatomy and pathophysiology
of
> retinal burns, and not in the optics of extended objects?

No.  The answer is that the projected size of the Sun onto the retina when
unaided eye is very very small compared to the projected size of the Sun
onto the retina using a telescope.  Same with the Moon.  The surface
brightness or intensity on each portion of the retina remains the same.

Mel Bartels

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