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Our eyes can see light with an angular resolution of 1' Suppose our eyes detected only infrared radiation with 1degree angular resolution Would we be able to read or create technology etc?
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∙ 13y ago
Well, I figured this out on my own eventually so I guess I don't need someone else to answer it for me. I'll lay out the answer here for anyone else that runs across this and is curious.
60' = 1 degree.
The angular resolution that our eyes can see (1') is about 1/3 mm at arm's length.
multiply this by 60 to get to the proper angular resolution of infrared = 20 mm at arm's length.
Reading would be rather impossible (that is, if we were trying to read the same things that we are now).
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