The Resolving Power of a Telescope Is

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Multiple Choice

The resolving power of a telescope is

• A)a measure of the minimum angular separation that can be seen with the telescope.
• B)a measure of the maximum angular separation that can be seen with the telescope.
• C)a measure of the amount of light that the telescope can gather in one second.
• D)the separation between the objective and the image.
• E)a measure of how blurry object appear in the telescope.

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