theneedtoknow
Oct11-10, 02:44 PM
How would I come up with an equation (in one dimention), for the airy pattern of a telescope with a given diameter observing at a given wavelength? something that looks like this
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Airy_Pattern.svg
I want to be able to plot Intensity in the image versus the angle from the normal, in one dimension.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Airy_Pattern.svg
I want to be able to plot Intensity in the image versus the angle from the normal, in one dimension.