Message from @HerpDerp
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Hmmm
Tycho is one of the few lunar craters you can actually see with the naked eye. If you stare squarely at it, you'll see a tiny, unresolved bright spot about a quarter of the way in from the southern limb.
I'll have to check that for myself
yeah go look at the moon u can see it unaided
no telescope no zoom can no binoculars
what? no, you can't
lol u can
you can see only the big craters
tycho
u can
def can't see that one without binoculars
you're 100% wrong
lol really google it
might see a dark patch or a change in color
but you can't see tycho with the unaided eye
i have seen it with the naked eye personally but this is common knowledge
no, you haven't
google it
what is its shape
If it is "unresolved", then it is below the angular resolution?
google it to see if u can see tycho with the naked eye
everyone can
this is common knowledge how are u debating it
astral go google it
You can’t see Tycho, the crater - *as a crater* - with the naked eye, so the question has a false assumption. Rather you see the very large array of bright rays. The crater itself isn’t visible without optical aid. If you think you see it, you’re mistaking the central area of the rays for resolving the crater itself. At 88km across, and about 384K km distance, Tycho crater itself is less than 1 minute of visual angle across (i.e., less than 1/60th of one degree across).
there ya go, google says you're wrong
If it is "unresolved" tho...
Then it still works technically, angular resolution 0.02 degrees, crater about 0.013 degrees
ya it'd be close
that's enough to depend on teh person too
For example, we can see stars, but they are a blur. Angular resolution doesn't just stop vision of course.
"Unresolved"
Lol ok
@jeremy from that same source : f you stare squarely at it, you'll see a tiny, unresolved bright spot about a quarter of the way in from the southern limb.
"unresovled"
because it's below our eye's resolution
You need to read and think more, sorry bro
ive seen it myself nothing to think about
what did you see
a bright spot?