With a normal telescope, or any telescope for that matter, we cannot see artifacts on the moon. Even the Hubble telescope cannot see the flag that was left on the moon from Apollo 11. With understanding what optical resolution is and the lunar landing artifacts, then we can understand why we cannot see them on the moon with a normal telescope.
Telescopes get light from a large area and bring it into focus, but each focus depends on the light and the design (Optical). Resolution, in telescopes, “…determines how small a detail can be resolved in the image it forms” (Sacek). Or just to simply put it, “the sharpness of an image” (Optical). Would you like it if you’re looking out in the night sky, searching for a specific constellation or looking at the craters on the moon, and can’t seem to get a pleasant view of them because it’s so blurry? Therefore, the design of the telescope for resolution is important.
