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Collmarie

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At what distance could one theoretically distinguish two automobile headlights separated by 1.5 meters? Assume a pupil diameter of 0.50 cm and yellow headlights seen at the wavelength 5.0  10-7 m. Assume eye fluid has an average n = 1.33.
 a. 6.0 km
  b. 12 km
  c. 9.0 km
  d. 3.0 km
  e. 16 km

Question 2

The large space telescope that has been placed into an Earth orbit has an aperture diameter of 2.40 meters. What angular resolution will this telescope achieve for visible light of wavelength l = 4.80  10-7 m?
 a. 2.44  10-7 rads
  b. 2.44  10-4 rads
  c. 2.44  10-3 rads
  d. 1.22  10-6 rads
  e. 2.00  10-6 rads


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ebonylittles

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Collmarie

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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