Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We propose a ground-based experiment using a conventional optical telescope to determine whether the aberration of starlight results from special relativistic effects external to the measurement sensor or from optical effects within the sensor. The proposed measurements would discriminate between these two different starlight aberration models. In addition, the measurements would yield an independent experimental test of relativistic time dilation.
DOI: 10.1364/josaa.536825
Authors: Robert A. Woodruff, Daniel Y. Gezari
Institution: American Museum of Natural History
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Goddard Space Flight Center
OpenAlex ID: W1663002886