Understanding Resolution with Galileo’s Telescopes

Antonio Marzoa; Antonio Marzoa; Antonio Marzoa; Santiago Vallmitjana

doi:10.1364/ETOP.2021.F2A.1

Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference 2021
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021),
paper F2A.1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ETOP.2021.F2A.1

Understanding Resolution with Galileo’s Telescopes

Antonio Marzoa and Santiago Vallmitjana

Education and Training in Optics and Photonics 2021

Washington, DC United States
8–10 September 2021
ISBN: 978-1-943580-98-9

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New Methods, Tools, Kits, and Models for Photonics Education III (F2A)

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A. Marzoa and S. Vallmitjana, "Understanding Resolution with Galileo’s Telescopes," in Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference 2021, A. Danner, A. Poulin-Girard, and N. Wong, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper F2A.1.

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Abstract

Using the context of Galileo Galilei´s pioneering observations of the Saturn’s rings, the students are driven to build an optical telescope in the laboratory and analyze and discuss the different solutions to improve its resolution.

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