What is the minimum size telescope needed to resolve this binary?
Posted December 21st, 2009 by admin 2 Comments »
CLayton asked:
An observer is using a telescope to resolve a binary star with a separation of 0.40 arcseconds using a filter which passes light at 5000 A. What is the minimum size telescope needed to resolve the binary?
An observer is using a telescope to resolve a binary star with a separation of 0.40 arcseconds using a filter which passes light at 5000 A. What is the minimum size telescope needed to resolve the binary?
Steps would be much appreciated.