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The plate scale of a telescope connects the angular separation of an object with the linear separation of its image at the focal plane.[1]


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  1. ^ Carroll, Bradley. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 1st Edition. pp. p. 163. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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