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Define the term resolving power of a telescope. How does it get affected on (i) increasing the aperture of the objective lens, (ii) Increasing the focal length of the objective lens ?

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SOLUTION :For the term RESOLVING power.
resolving power of a telescope `=(A)/(1.22lamda)`,
where A is the APERTURE of telescope OBJECTIVE and `LAMDA` the wavelength of light.
(i) On increasing the aperture of the objective lens the resolving power is increased in the same ratio.
(ii) Focal length of objective lens has no effect on resolving power of telescope.


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