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Chapter 25 Problem 59P

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Problem 59P

(III) Suppose that you wish to construct a telescope that can resolve features 6.5 km across on the Moon, 384,000 km away. You have a 2.0-m-focal-length objective lens whose diameter is 11.0 cm. What focal-length eyepiece is needed if your eye can resolve objects 0.10 mm apart at a distance of 25 cm? What is the resolution limit set by the size of the objective lens (that is, by diffraction)? Λ =560 nm.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

(III) Suppose that you wish to construct a telescope that

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