The phrase "aberration of light" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to astronomy, optics, or discussions about visual phenomena where light behaves unexpectedly.
Example: "The astronomer explained that the observed star's position was due to an aberration of light caused by the gravitational field of a nearby planet."
Alternatives: "light distortion" or "optical aberration".
(In the preceding century Bradley, who could measure stellar positions only with an accuracy of half a second of arc, had been making a failed attempt to detect stellar parallax when he stumbled instead on the aberration of light).
He concluded that the apparent stellar shift was brought about by the aberration of light, which was a result of the finite speed of light and the forward motion of the Earth in its orbit.
He called this effect "the aberration of light" and estimated its angle at 20 to 20.5 seconds; the modern value is 20.47 seconds.
Another method is to use the aberration of light, discovered and explained by James Bradley in the 18th century.
After accounting for observational effects such as precession, aberration of light and nutation, Maskelyne showed that the difference between the locally-determined zenith for observers north and south of Schiehallion was 54.6 arc seconds.
In spherical aberration, rays of light from a point on the optical axis of a lens having spherical surfaces do not all meet at the same image point.
When light passes through intact, nonstained plant tissues or organelles (cytoplasm, vacuole, and cell walls), the different refractive indices of the materials contribute to spherical aberration, scattering of light, and thus a lack of clarity.
In this paper a U-type 2× zoom miniature lens design with two prisms will have less overall length than a general optical design; however, with the zigzag path of light, aberrations like: spherical aberration, coma aberration, distortion, and Image Plan Offset will result.
That disappointing effort now looks an aberration in light of what Rivet did here, making all the running and staying on strongly to beat Yucatan, fancied to give the all-conquering Aidan O'Brien an eighth success in the Trophy.
On the basis of his quantitative observations of aberration, Bradley confirmed the velocity of light to be 295,000 kilometres (183,000 miles) per second and gave a proof for the Copernican theory.
Simple microscopes using single lenses can generate fine images; however, they can also produce spurious colours due to chromatic aberration, in which different wavelengths of light do not come to the same focus.
