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Two Stars Are Just Barely Resolved by a Telescope with a Lens

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Two stars are just barely resolved by a telescope with a lens diameter of 0.500 m. Determine the angular separation of the two stars. Assume incident light of wavelength 500.0 nm.


A) 1.22 × 10-6 rad
B) 5.66 × 10-5 rad
C) 2.44 × 10-7 rad
D) 4.88 × 10-5 rad
E) 1.22 × 10-7 rad

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