Optical measures visible light, Radio measures electromagnetic radiation in that part of the spectrum corresponding to radio waves. Same with X-ray telescopes and x-rays. Optical is the kind you look through.
an optical telescope only detcts visible light and sends it to an eyepiece for you to look through or attatch a camera. nonoptical telescopes sense other things on the radiometric spectrum, like: radio waves, gamma rays, infared, ultraviolet waves, ect; and sends them to a computor. COBE, for example is a nonoptical telescope. it detects background radiation from the big bang.
We can "see" stuff we would not be able to see with our own eyes (like radio waves). This helps us to see some stars or other objects in space more vividly (like see a black hole emitting large amounts of microwaves which is not visible to our eyes). It's like seeing in a different way. Hope I helped!
A telescope may be both, but not necessarily. Refracting means that it uses refraction, that is, lenses. That may be for visible light, or for other types of radiation, for example, radio waves or x-rays. Optical means that it works with visible light. In that case, it may use lenses, or mirrors (reflecting). In principle, all four combinations are possible: refracting / visible light, refracting / other radiations, reflecting / visible light, reflecting / other radiations.
A radio telescope IS a reflecting telescope.
The structure and physical dimensions of a telescope with given performance characteristics
depends on the wavelengths you want it to work with. All of the differences that you notice
between optical telescopes and radio telescopes are results of the fact that radio telescopes
are designed and constructed for the purpose of collecting, focusing, and detecting electromagnetic
radiation whose wavelengths are more than a million times longer than the other kind.
* Radio telescopes * Infra-red telescopes * Ultra-violet telescopes * X-ray telescopes * Gamma-ray telescopes
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All mirages are optical illusions but all optical illusions are not mirages.
An "optical" telescope would naturally collect light from optical wavelengths, meaning visible light from ~400-800nm.
A optical zoom use the lenses to focus in on a subject, pretty much the same way binoculars work. Digital zoom magnifies the subject by enlarging in in the pic thru a digital process, this is not a true type of zoom.
No matter what hand you do task with doesn't make a difference in the way you see optical illusions.
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Optical telescopes use either lens' (refractory) or mirrors (reflective) to magnify light. Radio telescopes use dishes to pick up radio waves. sensors on the dishes collect the waves and turn them into a picture
Both types of telescope collect and focus electromagnetic radiation for observational purposes, the difference is their band of observed frequencies. Radio telescopes are used for the radio frequencies ( ~3km - ~30cm) while optical telescopes are used for frequencies closer to visible light ( ~0.7μm - ~0.4μm). Optical telescopes may also be able to detect infrared and ultraviolet light.
Radio telescopes collect radio waves. Optical telescopes capture visible light waves.
No they are not bigger then radio telescopes at all.
Ccd's and in large telescopes
Not necessarily.
They are optical telescopes.
Optical telescopes.
Yes, that is correct.
Radio telescopes collect radio waves. Optical telescopes capture visible light waves.
Basically, the catadioptric telescope is just one of the 3 main types of the optical telescopes.The other 2 main types of optical telescopes are the refracting telescopes and the reflecting telescopes.
Researchers use all of these: -- optical telescopes -- radio telescopes -- x-ray telescopes -- infra-red telescopes -- ultraviolet telescopes