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1.We may estimate (a) the minimum separation of two point sources that can just be resolved by a telescope with an objective lens of 0.05m diameter which is 300 m from the sources and (b) the minimum wavelength difference which may be resolved by a diffraction grating, which is 20 mm wide and has 500 lines mm-1, in the second order. (Assume (= 630 nm in both cases.) (Hint: We define resolving power in terms of the Rayleigh criterion, which states that two objects (or wavelengths) are just resolved if their diffraction patterns when viewed through the optical system are such that the principal