Using Rayleigh's criterion, calculate the diameter of an earth-based telescope that gives this resolution with 700 nm light.

Complete Question

Due to blurring caused by atmospheric distortion, the best resolution that can be obtained by a normal, earth-based, visible-light telescope is about 0.3 arcsecond (there are 60 arcminutes in a degree and 60 arcseconds in an arcminute).Using Rayleigh's criterion, calculate the diameter of an earth-based telescope that gives this resolution with 700 nm light

The diameter is      

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

      The best resolution is  

       The  wavelength is  

Generally the

         1 arcminute  = >  60 arcseconds

=>      x arcminute =>   0.3 arcsecond

So

=>    

Now

         60 arcminutes  =>  1 degree

          0.005 arcminutes = >  z degrees  

=>      

=>      

Converting to radian  

Generally the resolution is mathematically represented as

=>    

=>        

=>        

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