Sunday, January 17, 2010

17 January 2010

Resolution

The resolution of the naked eye is 5 arcminutes or 300 arcseconds.

The resolution of optics is 300/power of the optic.

Assumedly if you eyesight is not great, like mine, you need to substitute your personal resolution in arcseconds for the 300 in the above formula.

Resolving Power and Resolution of Optical Systems

OpticspowerApertureLimiting mag.FoVLunar
Size
Resol-
ution
Visibi-
lity
naked-eye1x6 mm6120°30’300”6
opera glasses3x20mm8at°10’100”5
finder scope6x30,,97°5’50”4
binocular12x50mm104°2.5’25”3
guide scope60x75mm1150’30”5”2
telescope35x
350x
150mm1380’
8’
50”
5”
8”
0.8”
1
Takahashi 10231.8x
97.7x
118.4x
102mm  :°
82°
82°
 9.4”
3”
2.5”
 
TelePort 1031.8x
74.7x
181.4x
254mm 70°
82°
82°
 9.4”
3.0”
1.7”
 
Galileoscope17x
25x
50x
50mm  
1.5°
0.75°
 17.6”
12”
6”