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English: Comparison of angular diameter of the Sun, Moon and planets with the International Space Station (as seen from the surface of the Earth), the 20/20 row of the Snellen eye chart at the proper viewing distance and typical human visual acuity. The dotted circles represent the minimum angular size (when the celestial bodies are farthest away) and solid circles represent the maximum angular size (when they are nearest). ' denotes arcminutes and " denotes arcseconds. To get a true representation of the sizes, view the image at a distance of 103 times the width of the largest (Moon: max.) circle. For example, if this circle is 10 cm wide on your monitor, view it from 10.3 m away. Planetary angular diameters are from factsheets at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/ and Sun/Moon ones are from http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/pages/faq.html .
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Other versions This is a version of Comparison_angular_diameter.svg with the moon backdrop Full_Moon_as_Seen_From_Denmark.jpg replaced with one that I photographed myself.

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current12:37, 31 May 2012Thumbnail for version as of 12:37, 31 May 2012512 × 512 (92 KB)CmgleeFix Sun min/max labels, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cmglee thanks to Grand51paul].
23:28, 19 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 23:28, 19 April 2012512 × 512 (93 KB)CmgleeTry to fit labels.
23:17, 19 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 23:17, 19 April 2012512 × 512 (93 KB)Cmglee{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Comparison of angular diameter of the Sun, Moon and planets with the International Space Station and human visual acuity. To get a true representation of the sizes, view the image at a distance of 102.6 <math>\begi...

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