Ok I’ll lay it out simply. 330 am on a lake a boat with a poster board facing the shore is placed. A laser pointer is pointing from a fixed height and location on the shore, the laser pointer is 5ft above the surface of the water exactly. Therefore the dot will be five feet from the water pointing onto a poster. Mark where the laser pointer is hitting the poster.
The temperature must be cold but not freezing, can’t do this on a frozen lake lol. Mainly because of the light bending effect of temperature gradients like some other smart people inquired about.
For the example with star light diffracting. Big big big difference in scale when determining if atmospheric diffraction is interfering with results from this hypothetical experiment.
I have a green laser pointer that I can see the beam clearly with, like a light saber but it looks like it just is shooting on forever.
Ok I’ll lay it out simply. 330 am on a lake a boat with a poster board facing the shore is placed. A laser pointer is pointing from a fixed height and location on the shore, the laser pointer is 5ft above the surface of the water exactly. Therefore the dot will be five feet from the water pointing onto a poster. Mark where the laser pointer is hitting the poster. The temperature must be cold but not freezing, can’t do this on a frozen lake lol. Mainly because of the light bending effect of temperature gradients like some other smart people inquired about.
For the example with star light diffracting. Big big big difference in scale when determining if atmospheric diffraction is interfering with results from this hypothetical experiment. I have a green laser pointer that I can see the beam clearly with, like a light saber but it looks like it just is shooting on forever.