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To Complete:The problem so that it can be solved using Rayleigh criterion for the aperture of telescope as 8 m.
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Introduction:
The minimum resolvable angle for telescope is given as,
Here,
The question could be, “A telescope currently being designed is to have an aperture that is 8 m in diameter. It avoids effect of degrading on its resolution due to atmospheric distortion. Take average wavelength of 550 nm. For two just-resolvable point light sources, what is the angle between them?”
So,
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