How do you calculate the resolution of a telescope?
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The diameter of the Hubble Space Telescope is 2.4 meters; the diameter of the new Chilean telescope is 9.6 meters.
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The diameter of the Hubble Space Telescope is 2.4 meters; the diameter of the new Chilean telescope is 9.6 meters.
How many times better is the theoretical resolution of the new Chilean telescope (the best possible resolution that the Chilean telescope could achieve if nothing else outside of the telescope itself acted to make the resolution worse) compared to the theoretical resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope? Again, show your work or explain your reasoning.
March 9th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Theoretical angular resolution is proportional to aperture. Therefore the theoretical resolution of the Chilean telescope would be 9.6/2.4 (4x) better. Andrew S
March 11th, 2010 at 2:25 am
The same question was asked by the same person at the following url one day ago. What is the purpose of reposting exactly the same question ? jean-de-la-lune
March 13th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
What do you care? You aren’t even capable of reading the answer to this question you posted yesterday YahooUser