Davidjb7 t1_iquic47 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 4:40 AM Reply to comment by exoplanetaryscience in If objects in space are far away, does light get scattered enough that it would look “low resolution” by the time it reaches us? by hau2mk7pkmxmh3u Exactly. The diffraction limit has to do with the limiting spatial frequency of the system, so for telescopes it's usually their apertures. Permalink Parent 4
Davidjb7 t1_iquic47 wrote
Reply to comment by exoplanetaryscience in If objects in space are far away, does light get scattered enough that it would look “low resolution” by the time it reaches us? by hau2mk7pkmxmh3u
Exactly. The diffraction limit has to do with the limiting spatial frequency of the system, so for telescopes it's usually their apertures.