2 papers
physics.ed-ph2015
The atmospheric extinction of light
Stephen W. Hughes, Michael J. Cowley, Sean Powell +1
An experiment is described that enables students to understand the properties of atmospheric extinction due to Rayleigh scattering. The experiment requires the use of red, green an…
physics.ed-ph2015
Parallax in the park
Stephen Hughes, Sean Powell, Joshua Carroll +1
This article describes a parallax experiment performed by undergraduate physics students at Queensland University of Technology. The experiment is analogous to the parallax method…