View a distant point light source (such as a distant streetlight or a bright star) at night
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View a distant point light source (such as a distant streetlight or a bright star) at night through a window screen.
a. Sketch the appearance of the light when viewed through the screen. How does this differ from the appearance of the light when viewed directly (not looking through the screen)?
b. Contrast your observations with the square-aperture pattern pictured in figure 16.19. What similarities and differences can be identified?
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Physics of Everyday Phenomena A conceptual Introduction to physics
ISBN: 978-0073512112
6th edition
Authors: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet W. Brosing
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