lqg Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 The question: A triple stellar system, showing a parallax of 0.01 arcsecond, is composed of a binary system, with a distance between the two stars of 0.2 AU, and a third star, at a distance of 90 AU from the binary. This system is observed in the optical (wavelength of 55000 Angstram) with a 1 meter telescope. a. What is the distance of this system ? b. How many stars will actually be seen when using a space-based telescope ? c. How many stars will be seen when using a ground-based telescope, where the typical seeing is 1 arcsecond ? My attempt at solution a. Well,[latex]\theta=0.01[arcseconds][/latex] ,[latex]D=\frac{\lambda}{\theta}[/latex] where lambda is the wavelenghth given in the brackets, and D is the distance of this stellar system from earth. Don't know how to do b. and c., any advice? Thanks in advance.
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