In: Physics
We usually use microscopes for very high magnifications and
narrow field of view, because we have to focus on details of a very
small part of th 4*pi steradians 3D angle in total
in space as well this is true so it makes sense to have telescopes
with high magnification and narrow field of view
but we might need situations where we need a wide field of view
in space telemetry
For example : A sensor that detects possible alien life cannot
focus on just one small part of space but has to keep focussing on
a lar4ge part of space (if possible, all of it ) to detect
alien
signals coming in from any part of space
in this case, we have to give up on magnification as haveing
wider field of view is more important
hence we have to use a telescope with lowert magnification and
wider field of view
A real life example are many radi telescopes all across the
world woth low magnifications but really high field of view
they detect things on large parts of space at lower magnification
with less detail and then we can use telesciopes with higher
magnification and lower field of view to focus at the same part in
space to get more details