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Define the term resolving power of a telescople. How will the resolving power be effected with the increase in (i) Wavelength of light used. (ii) Diameter of the objective lens. Justify your answers.


iyashdubey7 19th Jun, 2021
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Niranjana 19th Jun, 2021

Hello,

Resolving power of an instrument is the ability to distinguish  clearly between two points which  are located at a small angular distance .

Resolving power=D/1.22*lambda

D is the diameter of aperture.

As you can see RP is inverserly proportional to wavelenght used and directly proportional to diameter of lens.Hence when wavelenght increases RP decreases and when D increases RP increases.

You can see the link for understanding the topic

https://school.careers360.com/ncert/ncert-solutions-class-12-physics-chapter-9-ray-optics-and-optical-instruments

Hope it helped.

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