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Do Optical telescopes have poorer resolution than radio telescopes?
Not necessarily.
Do Radio telescopes have poorer angular resolution than optical telescopes because radio waves have a much longer wavelength than optical waves?
yes
The resolution of radio telescopes has been improved by what spectrographs charge-coupled devices photometers or interferometers?
interferometers because charge-coupled devices are only used in optical telescopes
How radio telescopes differ from optical telescopes.?
Radio telescopes collect radio waves. Optical telescopes capture visible light waves.
Can you study visible light using a radio telescope explain your answer?
Yes, because it must be very large in order to attain the resolution of optical telescopes.
Are optical telescopes much bigger then radio telescopes?
No they are not bigger then radio telescopes at all.
What and where are the largest optical telescopes in use today?
Ccd's and in large telescopes
Why do single dish radio telescopes have poor resolving power compared to optical telescopes of the same diameter?
Radio telescopes are generally much larger than optical telescopes for two reasons: First, the amount of radio radiation reaching Earth from space is tiny compared with optical wavelengths, so a large collecting area is essential. Second, the long wavelengths of radio waves mean that diffraction severely limits the resolution unless large instruments are used.
What kinds of telescopes are used to see stars in visible light?
Optical telescopes.
How are the telescopes Keck I and Keck II different from radio telescope?
They are optical telescopes.
Are radio telescopes detect objects that optical telescopes cannot?
Yes, that is correct.
How do astronomers try to improve the quality of ground based optical telescopes?
* By making them bigger.* By compensating for atmospheric disturbance, with something called adaptive optics.
