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Consider a sunlike star at a dis†an ce of 2 parsecs. When it is seen through a telescope with 100 magnification, what should be the angular size of the star? Sun appears to be (1/2)^° from the earth. Due to atmospheric fluctuations, eye can't resolve objects smaller than 1 arc minute

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