Atmospheric refraction

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4505.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4505. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth, Earth'S Atmosphere

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Rays of light entering the Earth's atmosphere (i.e. passing from the vacuum of space to the medium of air) are bent, or refracted. As a result of this, the apparent positions of the stars are displaced by a small amount towards the zenith. In other words, the effect of atmospheric refraction is to increase the apparent altitudes of stars. At relatively small values of zenith distance, the effect ...

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