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Assuming that the human pupil has a radius of and a comfortable viewing distance of . The minimum separation between two point objects that the human eye can resolve for the light of wavelength is
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By fraunhofer diffraction through a circular aperture,

d = diameter of pupil
First dark ring is formed by the light diffracted from the hole at an angle with the axis.
Viewing distance,
Minimum separation between objects
d = diameter of pupil
First dark ring is formed by the light diffracted from the hole at an angle with the axis.
Viewing distance,
Minimum separation between objects
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