Bootes is a double star system whose components are separated by 2.9 arcsec. Calculate the linear separation of the images on the primary mirror focal pane of the NTT

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Bootes is a double star system whose components are separated by 2.9 arcsec. Calculate the linear separation of the images on the primary mirror focal pane of the NTT.

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Note that here we used the fact that the diameter of new technology telescope(NTT) is  3.58 m which is not given in the question but this is its usual length. Using this we can calculate the focal length. From the value of focal length and using small angle approximation , we can calculate the linear separation.

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