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Presumably you meant to say 14 miles, not 14 feet. Also, since the adaptive optic system acts on the near-IR light, let's shift the 500nm used to calculate the
by dakr 2y ago
Presumably you meant to say 14 miles, not 14 feet. Also, since the adaptive optic system acts on the near-IR light, let's shift the 500nm used to calculate the Rayleigh criterion to at least 1 micron, which doubles the limiting resolution to around 0.011 arcsec.
- SiempreViernes 2y agoClose, 16 mas in R: https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/shark-vis/home https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/shark-vis/home
- dakr 2y agoThe Rayleigh criterion gives a limiting resolution assuming monochromatic light. The quoted 16 mas is a demonstrated resolution for a broadband filter. So, I was ballparking things and they have achieved an awesome result for a relatively short wavelength! That resolution is just achieved for the inner 1 arcsec of the image, though.
- pulvinar 2y agoYes, sorry, 14 miles (a wishful typo!)