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limit of resolution

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noun

Optics.

  1. the capacity of an optical system to resolve point objects as separate images.

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Although the theoretical limit of resolution for a three-foot aperture is not reached in these observations, I do not think the mirror can do any better.

From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by Keeler, James Edward

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