Assume that light of wavelength 600 nm is coming from a star. The limit of resolution of telescope whose objective has a diameter of 2 m is:

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Aicharya · Accepted Answer

Limit of resolution of a telescope is given by,

$ϑ_{\min} = \frac{1.22 λ}{a}$ , where $λ$ is the wavelength of the light and $a$ is the aperture diameter.

Given, $λ = 600 nm and a = 2 m$

$ϑ_{\min} = \frac{1.22 \times 6 \times 10^{- 7}}{2}$

$\Rightarrow ϑ_{\min} = 3.66 \times 10^{- 7} rad$

Assume that light of wavelength 600 nm is coming from a star. The limit of resolution of telescope whose…