Question #101453
Calculate the size of stelar aberration effect in newtonian physics for light coming straight down at speed c and a telescope moving straight sideway at speed v
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Expert's answer
2020-01-20T05:18:53-0500

According to the rule of addition of velocities in Newtonian physics, but taking into account the independence of the speed of light from the reference frame sinθ=vcsin\theta = \frac{v}{c}

and since the angle is small, then θ=vc.\theta = \frac{v}{c}. ​


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