50 mile wide detail seen from a nominal 93,000,000 miles works out to be an angle of a mere 5e-7 radians, or about 0.1 arc second.
That's very nearly the theoretical limit of resolution.
Actually, the Rayleigh criterion for resolution for the 1.6-m aperture would be about 0.08 arc second for H-alpha light.
Amazing performance from any telescope. Truly amazing performance from a solar telescope at a groundbased observatory.
That's very nearly the theoretical limit of resolution.
Actually, the Rayleigh criterion for resolution for the 1.6-m aperture would be about 0.08 arc second for H-alpha light.
Amazing performance from any telescope. Truly amazing performance from a solar telescope at a groundbased observatory.
