Dawes, William Rutter (1799-1868)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3571. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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English clergyman and keen-eyed amateur astronomer. Observed double
stars, discovered Saturn's Crêpe Ring independently of WILLIAM
BOND. Gave a useful empirical formula for the resolving power of a
telescope known as Dawes limit: for a telescope of aperture d cm a
double star of separation 11/d arcseconds or more can be resolved....

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