this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
396 points (98.8% liked)

xkcd

14255 readers
18 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

xkcd #3182: Telescope Types

Title text:

I'm trying to buy a gravitational lens for my camera, but I can't tell if the manufacturers are listing comoving focal length or proper focal length.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3182/

explainxkcd for #3182

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago

It will only affect it materially if they cross where the light is converged / infocus. So if you put a big piece of paper where the wires are, the image will be blurred. So if you look at the wires from the focal point, they are also blurred enough to be able to see what's behind them