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Transcribed Image Text:Compare the angular resolving power of the following imaging instruments (details of the italicized instruments
are to be covered later). Take the wavelength of light as 5 × 10-7 m.
(a) the eye with an effective aperture of 0.5 cm
(b) a pair of binoculars using a typical aperture of the front lenses
(c) the Yerkes Observatory optical telescope, with a diameter of roughly 1.0 m
(d) the Manchester radiotelescope, with a diameter of 76.2 m, using microwave radiation of wavelength
22 cm O
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