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Old 01-03-2006, 11:54 AM
bird (Anthony Wesley)
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I think the resolution is the same, but stars are featureless points of light, so in a sense it doesn't matter how large/small the airy disk is for a star- theres nothing else to see.

A planet has lots and lots of detail, and so we can see the interaction between all these airy disks, giving detail down to scales much smaller than the disks themselves.

regards, Bird
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