Rayleigh Limit

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4796.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4796. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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The theoretical resolving power of a telescope according to a criterion devised by Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919). Because of the phenomenon of diffraction the image of a point source of light (such as a star) produced even by a perfect optical instrument consists of a central bright spot (the Airy disk) surrounded by concentric dark and light rings. If two point sources are very close together, the r...

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