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// Scilab code Ex5.23: Pg:232 (2008)
clc;clear;
Lambda = 5600e-08; //Mean wavelength of light, cm
a = 101.6; // Diameter of the objective of a telescope, cm
theta_1 = 1.22*Lambda/a; // The smallest angular separation of two stars in seconds resolved by a telescope, radian
theta = theta_1*(180/%pi)*60*60; // Smallest angular separation of two stars in seconds resolved by a telescope, second
printf("\nThe smallest angular separation of two stars in seconds resolved by a telescope = %4.2f second", theta);
// Result
// The smallest angular separation of two stars in seconds resolved by a telescope = 0.14 second
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