4) My former university had a Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope with an aperture of 14.0" (35.6 cm) and a primary mirror focal length of 284.5 cm. A) What was the theoretical resolution of this telescope in arcseconds? B) If there were ideal seeing conditions and the telescope could achieve this resolution, could it resolve a crater on the moon (384,000 km from Earth) that is 100 meters across?

4) My former university had a Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope with an aperture of 14.0" (35.6 cm) and a primary mirror focal length of 284.5 cm. A) What was the theoretical resolution of this telescope in arcseconds? B) If there were ideal seeing conditions and the telescope could achieve this resolution, could it resolve a crater on the moon (384,000 km from Earth) that is 100 meters across?

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