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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
The relationship is not that simple.
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There's certainly a lot more to it than the original premise that aperture is all important.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
One can also sample appropriately with a bigger 'scope....I also suspect my view (and Stan's) is vindicated by the professional push is toward ever larger aperture optical telescopes (e.g. 30 metres) rather than trying to telecompress 4 metre class instruments.
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One of the main reasons for large aperture professional scopes is increased resolution (which is directly related to aperture.) If it was being done to increase the number of photons captured then there would be no point in optical interferometry.