Exam 24: Optical Instruments

A machinist with normal vision has a near point at 25 cm. The machinist wears eyeglasses in order to do close work. The power of the lenses is +1.75 diopters. With these eyeglasses, what is the near point of the machinist?

An astronomical telescope has an objective of diameter 20 cm with a focal length of 180 cm. The telescope is used with an eyepiece of focal length 30 mm. What is the angular magnification of this telescope?

A certain astronomical telescope has a diameter of 5.60 m. Considering only the limitation due to diffraction, what is the minimum angle of resolution for this telescope at a wavelength of 620 nm?

What is the uncorrected near point of a person who has a near point that is 25 cm from his eyes when he is wearing 3.33-diopter contact lenses?

A myopic (nearsighted) dancer wears eyeglasses that allow him to have clear distant vision. The power of the lenses of his eyeglasses is -3.00 diopters. Without eyeglasses, what is the far point of the dancer?

A 35-mm camera equipped with a 95 mm focal length lens is used to photograph a tree that is 8.0 m tall. A 32 mm high image of the tree on the film is needed. The required distance, between the tree and the camera lens, to take the photograph is closest to

Treat each of your eyes as a circular aperture of diameter 3.5 mm. Light of wavelength 500 nm is used to view two point sources that are 894 m distant from you. How far apart must these two point sources be if they are to be just resolved by your eye? Assume that the resolution is diffraction limited and use Rayleigh's criterion.

If the headlights on a car are separated by 1.3 m, how far down the road can they be resolved if the angular resolution of the eye is 5.0 × 10^-4 rad and the person has excellent vision?

A radio telescope 200 m in diameter is used to investigate sources emitting a 21-cm wavelength wave. What is the minimum angular separation of the sources that can be resolved by this system?