Talk:Collimated light

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The light reaching me from that part of the sun that I see at the left edge of the sun's disk is not parallel to that from the right edge, since they're half a degree apart. Is it because 1/2 degree is so small that it's considered collimated, or should the article's statement to that effect be considered an error? Michael Hardy 01:21, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Corrected the article to reflect the non-collimated (deviation of +-0,5degrees) nature of the sunlight on earth. Santtus 13:00, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

I agree that this should be combined with and redirected to collimating lenses. axharr 21:36, 4 Nov 2006 (EST)

I think that there is a problem due to the vagueness of any definitions available to me. The fact that the sun's distance is extremely large compared to any earth-bound imaging element makes the light from any point of the object arrive in a practically parallel rays to the sides of the said element. The opposite sides of the disk of the sun do arrive in differently aligned rays, however. What is it that collimated light means, actually? Santtus 21:25, 5 November 2006 (UTC)