// Scilab code Ex5.27: Pg:233 (2008) clc;clear; Lambda = 6000e-08; //Mean wavelength of light, cm a = 200; // Diameter of the objective of a telescope, cm a_prime = 0.2; // Aperture of the eye lens, cm f = 2.54; // Focal length of eye-piece, cm theta = 1.22*Lambda/a; // The smallest angular separation resolvable by a telescope objective of diameter a, radian theta_prime = 1.22*Lambda/a_prime; // The smallest angle that can be resolved by the eye where a^' is the aperture of the eye, radian MP = theta_prime/theta; // Magnifying power of the telescope // As MP = F/f, solving for F F = MP*f; // The minimum focal length of the objective, cm printf("\nThe minimum focal length of the objective if the full resolving power of the telescope is to be utilized = %4d cm", F); // Result // The minimum focal length of the objective if the full resolving power of the telescope is to be utilized = 2540 cm