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By using Synge's theory on astronomical observations an expression for the variation of the apparent position of a distant source is derived. In order to account both for annual and diurnal stellar aberration, no assumption is made on the behaviour of the observer's reference frame.
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Gambi, J.M., Vicente, F., Romero, P. et al. Stellar aberration in general relativity. Nuovo Cim B 109, 523–532 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02728393
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02728393