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A Sextant is an instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible object and a Telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote object by collecting electromagnetic radiation.
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Is a sextant a type of telescope or is it a compass la teen or astrolabe?
A sextant would be a type of astrolabe. It has a sighting mechanism that is a small telescope. It does not have a compass in it.
What is astronomy equipment?
The primary tools used in early astronomy were a compass to measure directions, a sextant (or octant) to measure angles in the sky, a watch and a telescope.
What tool did Galileo use to discover things about space?
In his early career: No telescopes. A log to track planets. Sea-faring devices such as the sextant Later in life: In 1609 Galileo started using the telescope on the 'heavens' Kepler used the Galilean telescope until 1611 he re-invented the refracting telescope (now known as the Keplerian telescope)
What can you find out about sextant?
you can find sextant on history.com
What is the sextant used for?
you use a sextant to navigate.
Instrumental used to study astronomical bodies?
Four very important instruments are the Human Mind, Mathematics, telescopes like the Hubble and Spectrum Analyzers.
What telescope shows different views of planets?
The telescope named Hubble
How do you draw a sextant?
you draw a sextant by looking at googler in the images.
How are reflecting and retracting telescopes different?
A reflecting telescope is different from a refracting telescope because a reflecting telescope uses a concave lens, a plane mirror, and a convex lens. While a refracting telescope uses two lens.
How is a radio telescope different from a refracting telescope?
A radio telescope detects light in the form of radio waves and a refracting telescope detects light in the visible wavelengths
How do you use the word sextant in a sentence?
the sextant helped me navagate my way to alaska
Type of telescope?
Different telescopes utilize different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Two types of optical telescope are refracting and reflecting. There are also different kinds of radio telescope investigating different bandwidths from the infra red to the untra violet
