Telescope Magnification implementation

Binding contract

This record describes what an executable surface must bind and validate. It does not claim that a public calculator, package, or production route is deployed.

Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t3-005

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

The division-by-zero input produces an undefined magnification that must be rejected. Independently, the requested exit-pupil output cannot be computed for any vector because telescope aperture is absent from the inputs and formulas. No genuine formula-branch regime is defined.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "telescope_focal_length": 1200,
    "telescope_focal_length_unit": "mm",
    "eyepiece_focal_length": 25,
    "eyepiece_focal_length_unit": "mm"
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "magnification": 48,
    "exit_pupil": null
  },
  "working": "M = f_telescope / f_eyepiece = 1200 mm / 25 mm = 48. Exit pupil cannot be computed because aperture is not supplied."
}

Other records

Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche3/tranche3-results.json