The resolving power of a telescope is ____.
A) a measure of the minimum angular separation between objects or details that can be seen with the telescope.
B) a measure of the maximum angular separation between objects or details that can be seen with the telescope.
C) a measure of the amount of light that the telescope can gather in one second.
D) the separation between the objective and the image.
E) a measure of how faint an object can be seen in the telescope.

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The resolving power of a telescope refers to its ability to distinguish between two closely spaced objects, which is defined by the minimum angular separation that can be resolved.

The Resolving Power of a Telescope Is ____