Or maybe why it doesn't appear to sink when viewed by the naked eye

It does

It doesn't

Sure it does

It becomes unresolved to the naked eye before it becomes unresolved with a telescope

It appears to sink and even starts blending with the sky

Telescope brings it back into view

If your theory was correct you would be able to see it vanish behind the horizon once with the naked eye then again while using a telescope

You do

You don't

Go watch a boat then use binoculars

I will

Ok

Let me know what you get

But if I don't see it sink twice you're gonna have to explain that to me

Ok

Nite

Nite

@UltimateLifeformGappy ^^^^

Looks like it was 17000 feet not 299 feet

Okay so three things:
1. That's not a right triangle, it's isosceles. The formula depends on it being a right triangle. With an isosceles triangle the sides could be literally any length. That's why you're getting the exact same distance you put in.
2. You're using a different input. The height and angle are still the same, but you're using 17,188 feet instead of the agreed upon 15,840 feet.
3. My math with the 300 ft only used the height of the observer and the angle of 0.02 to find the distance at which the angle would be 0.02. It didn't use the three mile distance at all.

15k feet for 5 feet not 6

I never said 15840 feet

I said about 3 miles

Either way your math is obviously wrong

It doesn't work that way

Mr Z isnt good at maths it seems

Its to bad globies are stupid

https://youtu.be/4JRp3rjWt2w

@UltimateLifeformGappy#4626 are you blind it's a right triangle for the angle to the ground an isosceles triangle for the cone of vision.

Gone

Ya

Angle to the ground from 300 ft away is 1.145 degrees

No its .02 degrees

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Ur wrong do the math

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