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Additionally, what I read about aberration online is that what you expect to see is tan (theta) = v/c, but what you actually find is that sin (theta) = v/c. Why is this, and what does it mean? On Wikipedia it says the same thing. I'll read it in its entirety, but if you can help with that that...

Thank you for responding Simon! I guess I should have elaborated on what I understand and what I would like to know. So I know that this is not like parallax in that it depends on velocity, so while parallax increases the further out you go in the solar system, aberration of starlight increases...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone can explain how the abberation of starlight works in general terms, as well as what exactly it is. I am a first year astronomy student and this is for my astronomy/physics class, and would like a general explanation of what it is. This is all my...