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Diffraction of Light

Problem 5.146

There is a telescope whose objective has a diameter DD =5.0 cm.=5.0 \mathrm{~cm} . Find the resolving power of the objective and the minimum separation between two points at a distance l=3.0 kml=3.0 \mathrm{~km} from the telescope, which it can resolve (assume λ=0.55μm\lambda=0.55 \mu \mathrm{m} ).

Reveal Answer
R=7104,Δymin4 cmR=7 \cdot 10^{4}, \Delta y_{m i n} \approx 4 \mathrm{~cm}