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What does stars twinkling have to do with the hubble telescope?
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∙ 14y ago
Ground-based telescopes suffer from being under the Earth's atmosphere.
Movement and different densities in the earth's atmosphere causes the light from distant stars to be randomly refracted, and this appears to ground-based observers as 'twinkling' of the stars. For telescopes, these effects cause images to be distorted and blurred, and prevent the telescope's optics from operating at their best, and from getting the best possible images of planet, nebulae and galaxies.
Although it is possible to compensate for the effects of the atmosphere with adaptive optics (literally adjusting the shape of the mirror to correct for these effects), the best way to avoid the effects of the atmosphere is not to have it there at all.
The Hubble telescope was put into orbit around the Earth so that it is permanently situated above the atmosphere, and its users never have to worry about it distorting their images - this has allowed astronomers to get the best images of, for example, the most distant galaxies ever produced.
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What views stars from orbit?
the Hubble Space Telescope
Is the hubble telescope invasion of privacy?
No invasion of privacy. The telescope aims at the stars in space and not at objects on Earth.
Who was the hubble telescope named after?
The Hubble Telescope was named after its designer Edwin Hubble.
Why does the hubble telescope help us?
it helps us by learning about the planets stars or astroids
What has the Hubble Telescope accomplished?
it has taken pictures of far away galaxies, stars, and planets.
What views stars from orbit?
the Hubble Space Telescope
Why does hubble need to be in space?
Because there is no (or very little) atmosphere in space. It is because of our atmosphere that the stars twinkle. This bothers astronomers because when they are looking through a telescope, the see the object twinkling and "moving" in little waves. Thus, they cannot make out details. If there is no atmosphere, there is no twinkling and there is no problem!
What is the name of the telescope that studies dust after stars are formed?
Hubble
Who first attached a spectroscope to a telescope to study the spectrum of stars?
Hubble
Is the hubble telescope invasion of privacy?
No invasion of privacy. The telescope aims at the stars in space and not at objects on Earth.
What was the hubble space telescope named after?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble.
Who was the hubble telescope named after?
The Hubble Telescope was named after its designer Edwin Hubble.
Why do you use a hubble space telescope?
to try to find the beginning of the universe..to study the stars...
What has the Hubble Telescope accomplished?
it has taken pictures of far away galaxies, stars, and planets.
Why have a Hubble Telescope?
So that man can and see and study the stars in away not possible from earth.
Why does the hubble telescope help us?
it helps us by learning about the planets stars or astroids
What was Edwin Hubble know for?
Telescope, hence the hubble telescope!
