Question: Consider a telescope with a 1 metre diameter objective mirror. The moon-earth distance is 3.844 x 10% metres. a) Determine the minimum angular resolution

Consider a telescope with a 1 metre diameter objective mirror. The moon-earth

Consider a telescope with a 1 metre diameter objective mirror. The moon-earth distance is 3.844 x 10% metres. a) Determine the minimum angular resolution range that would be possible for green light. b) If we wished to use this telescope to image the moon, what is the closest distance two objects can be and still be distinguished by such a telescope? a) Given that the human eye has a pupil diameter of 4 mm, show that two objects on the moon must be around 60 Km apart to be distinguishable by eye.

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