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If telescope mirrors were made in odd sizes the one with the most lightgathering power would be?
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∙ 12y ago
rectangle with two 1- sides and two 2- sides
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∙ 12y ago
the largest odd-sized mirror with the largest surface area. This is because the larger the mirror, the more light it can collect and focus, resulting in increased light-gathering power. The odd size does not directly affect the light-gathering power, but the mirror's surface area is the determining factor.
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What type of optical telescope has the potential to be made largest in power?
For amateurs, reflecting telescopes (with one parabolic and one flat mirror) can be made cheaply at very large sizes. For example, a $3000 telescope with lenses might be 4 inches wide and one with mirrors might be 16 inches wide. This also makes it possible to build massive reflectors for research purposes, like the planned 38-metre-wide E-ELT.
What is the difference between a reflecting telescope a refracting telescope and a radio telescope?
Reflecting telescopes are usually designed to capture and concentrate light through the use of a large concave mirror which focuses the captured light on a smaller, flat mirror which in turn reflects it to the eye or a camera. Refracting telescopes use convex lenses to capture light and focus it where the eye or a camera is. Radio telescopes collect long wavelength radiation (radio waves and microwaves) and are all forms of reflecting telescope. The first telescopes were refracting telescopes, because the technology existed to form the needed sizes of convex lenses. Reflecting telescopes were developed later, when advancing technology provided the means of making very regular concave mirrors. All the largest modern telescopes are variations on the reflecting telescope design because it is easier to make and manage very large concave mirrors than it is to make lenses of equivalent light collecting power.
Why will many of the very large telescopes of the future make use of multiple mirrors?
Well the name of the game in telescopes is to collect as much light as possible. The more light you capture and concentrated the better and clearer the image. Multi-segment telescopes are designed to capture larges amount of light ad different optimal angles and channel them to a central focal point. Parabolic mirrors work efficiently at this naturally. However they are expensive and difficult to make properly, especially at large sizes. So having a multi-section mirror is cheaper and allows for a greater light concentration.Hope this helps
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What type of optical telescope has the potential to be made largest in power?
For amateurs, reflecting telescopes (with one parabolic and one flat mirror) can be made cheaply at very large sizes. For example, a $3000 telescope with lenses might be 4 inches wide and one with mirrors might be 16 inches wide. This also makes it possible to build massive reflectors for research purposes, like the planned 38-metre-wide E-ELT.
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