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Category: Optical excuses for not looking harder

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The list below is believed complete, though membership — like everything here — is subject to revision.

  • Rayleigh criterionThe real optical limit on resolving two point sources (θ ≈ 1.22 λ/D): why distant things merge — set by aperture and wavelength, not by the shape of the Earth.

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