Linear Distance Between Images in Telescope · RMPH 2018 #A3
Physics · optics
Problem
If the focal distance of the telescope's objective is fob=0.40 m, derive the linear distance y between the two images, seen in the focal plane of the objective and calculate its numerical value.
[Context: This continues from A2 where two mercury doublet wavelengths (579.1 nm and 577 nm) with refractive indices n=1.60 and n+Δn where Δn=1.3×10−4 pass through the rhombic prism and telescope.]