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Suppose you look at the huge clock on the Big Ben Tower in London and it reads 12 noon. If you could travel away from the clock at the speed of light and view it with a telescope, it would

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Answer:

Remain at 12 noon - you would be traveling with the wavefront that reads 12 noon:

Also Δt' = Δt / (1 - β^2)^1/2

Where Δt is the proper time interval (at the clock)

Since the denominator is zero the measured time interval is also infinite and the time between "ticks" is infinite

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