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from: mbartels{at}efn.org
date: 2003-01-09 19:30:44
subject: Re: ATM Ultimate Optical Capability

From: "Mel Bartels" 
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Reply-To: "Mel Bartels" 


>>>
> It is not possible to see detail in a telescope that is below its
> theoretical resolution.  No exceptions.  End of story.  By definition, a
> physical impossibility.
<<<

Sorry, that should read "not possible to resolve detail..."  

I was endeavoring to get across the point that resolution is dependent on
how the appears in the eyepiece: a dark line on a bright background or
stars on a black groundground, that sort of thing.

Mel Bartels

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