Multiple Choice
The resolving power of a telescope is ____.
A) a measure of the minimum angular separation between objects or details that can be seen with the telescope.
B) a measure of the maximum angular separation between objects or details that can be seen with the telescope.
C) a measure of the amount of light that the telescope can gather in one second.
D) the separation between the objective and the image.
E) a measure of how faint an object can be seen in the telescope.
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