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Ray Optics And Optical Instruments

Question
CBSEENPH12047775

A telescope has focal length of objective and eye-piece as 200 cm and 5 cm respectively. What is magnification of telescope?

  • 40

  • 80

  • 50

  • 0.01

Solution

A.

40

In relaxed eye state of telescope or when final image is formed at infinity, the magnification of telescope is given by

             M = fofe

where fo = focal length of objective = 200 cm
fe = focal length of eye-piece = 5 cm

hence       M = 2005

                       = 40

Note:- The aperture of the objective lens is kept large so that more and more rays coming from the heavenly body may enter the telescope and a bright image is formed by the objective lens. The aperture of the eye lens is kept comparatively small so that all the rays may enter the eye.