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An amateur astronomer has a refracting telescope with a lens 0.18 m across. She looks at a double star in light of wavelength 620 nm. What is the smallest angle between the two stars that her telescope can separate?
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High School (11–12)
Optics
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An amateur astronomer has a refracting telescope with a lens
0.18
0.18
0.18
m across. She looks at a double star in light of wavelength
620
620
620
nm. What is the smallest angle between the two stars that her telescope can separate?
3.44
μ
rad
3.44\ \mu\text{rad}
3.44
μ
rad
4.20
μ
rad
4.20\ \mu\text{rad}
4.20
μ
rad
8.4
μ
rad
8.4\ \mu\text{rad}
8.4
μ
rad
42.0
μ
rad
42.0\ \mu\text{rad}
42.0
μ
rad
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