The radio telescopes at Amherst, Massachusetts, and Onsala, Sweden, are used as an interferometer, the baseline being 2900 km.
a) What is the resolution at 22 GHz in the direction of the baseline?
b) What should be the size of an optical telescope with the same resolution?

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To solve these questions we will make use of the formula for the resolving power of a telescope and apply it accordingly to both the radio interferome... View the full answer