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>In that sun and horizon observation, did they account for lights behavior in air in several conditions?
Standard atmospheric refraction will actually LESSEN the perceived curvature, not increase it.
https://www.metabunk.org/standard-atmospheric-refraction-empirical-evidence-and-derivation.t8703
>sometimes the sun is magnified by the air surrounding us
No it isn't. Can you provide some examples of the sun having a greater angular size than 30 arcminutes? (Not counting the regular and predictable change due to orbital eccentricity of the earth)

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