Resolving Power

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4797.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4797. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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A measure of the ability of a telescope to separate objects that are apparently close together. Resolving power, or resolution, is usually expressed as the minimum angular separation at which two identical point sources of light (for example, two identical stars) can just be distinguished as separate points (if the sources are closer together than this minimum angle, they will appear as a single ...

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