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Re: ATM Airy disk frustrations
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- At I understand it, when treating light as a wave,
-every edge that the light must go past creates
-point sources. In the case of a telescope like
-a refractor, the outer edge of the telescope
-produces this ring of light that broadcast radially
-from each spot along the outer edge.
Does this mean there is no airy disk if there is no tube? Does the shape of the mirror
contribute to diffraction?
Shane LaPierre
Thomaston, CT USA