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Assume that light of wavelength 6000 A0 is coming from a star . What is the limit of resolution of a telescope whose objective has diameter of 100 inch

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here D = 100in = 2.54m

lambda =6000 angstrom= 6 *( 10^-10) m

putting the formula, 1/theta = D/1.22lambda

We get theta nearly equals to 2.9 * (10^-7)radians.

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