S4_2 Ant-Man: Resolving stars in the Hercules Constellation

Authors

  • Matt Duggan University of Leicester
  • Joel Best University of Leicester
  • Saul Croxford University of Leicester

Abstract

In the penultimate fight scene in 2016’s ”Captain America: Civil War”, Ant-Man stuns the other superheroes by revealing his secret power; Giant-Man. The diameter of Giant-Man’s eye has now drastically increased, allowing more light to enter. We determined his optical resolution using the Rayleigh Criterion to be 1.68′′ (arc-seconds), resulting in him being capable of resolving the Zeta Hercules multiple star system in the constellation of Hercules, at a distance of 10.72pc. 

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Published

06-12-2017

How to Cite

Duggan, M., Best, J., & Croxford, S. (2017). S4_2 Ant-Man: Resolving stars in the Hercules Constellation. Physics Special Topics, 16(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2472

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2017): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles