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A245461
Decimal expansion of constant in the Rayleigh criterion: first zero of J_1, divided by Pi.
2
1, 2, 1, 9, 6, 6, 9, 8, 9, 1, 2, 6, 6, 5, 0, 4, 4, 5, 4, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 8, 8, 4, 7, 4, 6, 5, 2, 5, 5, 1, 7, 7, 8, 7, 9, 3, 5, 9, 3, 3, 0, 7, 7, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 9, 4, 5, 6, 3, 8, 1, 2, 6, 5, 5, 7, 6, 9, 4, 3, 2, 8, 0, 2, 8, 0, 7, 6, 0, 1, 4, 4, 2, 5, 0, 8, 7
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The angular resolution (diffraction limit), in radians, is this constant times the wavelength of the light used divided by the aperture diameter. That is: objects closer than this angle cannot be resolved as separate objects.
Note that the small angle approximation sin(theta) =~ theta can be used. Also, a commonly used approximation to this constant is 1.220. - John W. Nicholson, Jul 29 2014
For example, a radio telescope with a 300-meter aperture observing at the hydrogen line (21.106... cm) can distinguish objects at most 0.04916... degrees apart. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 08 2018
LINKS
COSMOS - The SAO Encyclopedia of Astronomy, Rayleigh Criterion
Rene Kay, Todd Kay, Planet Seeker Interferometer (PSI), hal-02870885v2 [astro-ph.IM], 2020.
EXAMPLE
1.21966989126650445492653884746525517787935933077511...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ BesselJZero[1, 1]/Pi, 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 23 2014 *)
PROG
(PARI) solve(x=3, 4, besselj(1, x))/Pi
(PARI) besseljzero(1)/Pi \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 09 2022
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A246323 A201685 A120671 * A086572 A349035 A316606
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved