Re: Relativistic aberration

Le 02/08/2024 à 21:49, "Paul.B.Andersen" a écrit :

Den 01.08.2024 23:03, skrev Richard Hachel:
The rocket will see the supernova
an angle 12.7⁰ from the x-axis.
(From Earth the supernova is seen in the direction 37⁰ from the x-axis)

 Absolutely.
 We have cos α = 12000/15000 = 0.8    ---> α ~ 37°
 Ans we have  cos α' = 40000/41000 = 0.9756 ---> α' ~ 12.7°
 Note :
 cos α' = (cosα+v/c)/(1+cosα.v/c)  cos α' = (0.8+0.8)/(1+0.8*0.8)=0.9756  All is correct.  R.H.