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Old 16-04-2016, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by gts055 View Post
Hmmm, I would have thought that given two telescopes, one having twice the diameter of the other but both with the same f ratio. Then the larger diameter will give greater resolution given the same imaging time.
In theory...although what you actually get will depend on the angular resolution of your pixels (i.e. your pixel size) and whether or not you are seeing-limited...seeing is the great equaliser to resolution.
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