The 2.4-m diameter Hubble space telescope has been placed into Earth orbit by the space shuttle. Assuming a wavelength of 710 nm, what angular resolution could this telescope achieve by Rayleigh's criterion? (1 nm = 10-9 m)
A) 5.7 *10-6 rad
B) 7.5 *10-6 rad
C) 3.6 *10-7 rad
D) 2.5 *10-7 rad
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