Thread: Gravitational lensing(or light path bending) and the apparent size of objects.
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Old 20-February-2009, 06:29 AM
Peter B Peter B is offline
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Er, light doesn't leave stars obliquely, does it? I thought it left perpendicular to the surface.

You seem to be suggesting that a star bends its own light, which doesn't make sense. I thought an object could only bend the light coming from another object.
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