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Thanks Doc Al, that's helped clear up confusion.

Oh am I using the wrong terminology? I meant to say that the particle is moving with 0.5c compared to the lightbulb.

I was wondering if say.. you have a particle moving at 0.5c in the +x direction and a lightbulb at relative rest to the particle. The particle passes the lightbulb at t_{0} The lightbulb then flashes, the wave reaches the particle at a particular point, and the speed of light is then measured...

Yeah that makes sense now, cheers! :D

Hi all, I'm currently a stage 1 Physics student at uni; and in the process of learning Special Relativity. I was reading my textbook and came across this in the Time and Space section: Suppose an observer in frame S measures two flashbulbs going off at the same time t but at different...