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Breaking the Diffraction Limit

Started by AlanFrench, 01/30/2006 12:49AM
Posted 01/30/2006 12:49AM Opening Post
The mention of the TOA-150 elsewhere got me curious about this scope, so I did a little rumaging around the web. I was surprised to find this in the TOA-150 Product Manual...

"The TOA-150 can produce an image of 1 micron in the center in 4 colors, which is far smaller than the diffraction limit of the airy disc [sic] ."

It must be magic to subvert the nature of light!

Clear skies, Alan