Is Magnification Consistent? Why people from amateur astronomers to science's worst enemy have some basic physics wrong, and why
arXiv:0911.4757 · doi:10.1119/1.3488194
Abstract
This paper is a discussion of the physics of magnification in telescopes. Special attention is given to the question of whether telescopes magnify stars. Telescopes do magnify star images, although opinions to the contrary abound.
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