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- From: bunner@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Dana A. Bunner)
- Subject: Re: Binoculars, exit pupil size, etc...
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- Date: 3 JAN 93 21:22:53
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- In article <1hu2koINN7t3@gap.caltech.edu>, briscoe@cco.caltech.edu (Duke P. Briscoe) writes...
-
- >In regard to the discussion of pupil size, I would like to recommend
- >the pupil gauge kit available from Sky & Telescope.
- ..
- >I was surprised to find out that my
- >pupils are about 5mm in a partially sunlit room. And right now, at
- >night in a moderately bright room lit by a typical incandecent
- >fixture, I measure my pupils as 6mm. After dark adaptation, I have
- >measured my pupils as 7mm. I had thought my pupils would be smaller.
-
- In looking a little further into this eye pupil size question, I found several
- references which stated the maximum aperture for a human eye to be in excess
- of 7mm, a few stated 8mm and one said a few humans have been measured at 9mm.
- Two said the average was not 7mm but rather between 7.25 - 7.50 mm (this is for
- people under 30 years old). Did your chart list any entries above 7mm? I also
- spoke to an optometrist (yeah, I know, they don't have *REAL* degrees!) and
- he said he routinely found younger adults with 7.5-8.0mm measurements.
-
- So for some people the 7.0-7.2 exit pupils might be a good selection for several
- years.
-
- Dana
-