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Subject: What does an observer see inside a spherical mirror?

Date: Tue Nov 22 14:15:25 2005
Posted by Ryan
Grade level: undergrad School: University of Northern Colorado
City: Greeley State/Province: Co. Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1132694125.Ph
Message:

I challenged my optics professor with a question I encountered in another 
source.  He wasn't able to provide an answer.  
Assume a glass sphere mirrored on the inside, suspended in microgravity.  An 
astronaut inside the sphere turns on a work light that is NOT located at the 
center of curvature.  What does the astronaut see if he is observing from the 
Center of Curvature?  What does the astronaut see if he is observing from some 
distance from the center of curvature but still within the sphere.

Ryan


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