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Old 17-05-2010, 09:26 PM
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I hope this helps Rob.

A formula for calculating the size of the Airy disk produced by a telescope is:
http://www.wilmslowastro.com/softwar.../formula17.png
and
http://www.wilmslowastro.com/softwar.../formula18.png
where:
D = Diameter of Airy disk in mm
λ = Wavelength of light in nm
FR = Focal Ratio of system
A = Angular diameter of Airy disk in arcsec
fl = Focal length of telescope in mm

I found this quite good as well
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...hotography.htm



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