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Hubble does not have to contend with the atmosphere of the earth which bends and distorts images from earth-based telescopes.
Even in excellent weather, telescopes on Earth are affected by the thickness of the atmosphere. This causes the air to be slightly refractive, meaning that the air bents the light as it comes through the atmosphere, and distorts the image that we are trying to see.The Hubble Space Telescope is much smaller than many terrestrial telescopes, but because there is no atmospheric distortion, the images can be far clearer and can be magnified more.
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With satellite imagery, one can see images of photographs of any place on Earth. Satellite imagery is more detailed and clearer than Infrared images.
When they started getting images back from the Hubble, thee was a distortion that should not have been there, and it was keeping the telescope from capturing really good images. It later turned out that there had been a mistake made in grinding the curved mirror.
So they can get clearer images
They all could benefit from higher altitude. The higher up you go, the thinner the atmosphere. The thinner the atmosphere, the clearer the view through the telescope. This is why space born telescopes produce such stunningly clear images.
Hubble does not have to contend with the atmosphere of the earth which bends and distorts images from earth-based telescopes.
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The detail in the images that they produce improves as the distance between the telescope increases.
yes, because it doesnt have the atmosphere in the way, the atmosphere distorts the images taken by ground based-telescopes because of the refraction of light. The hubbles telescope can provide clearer and more accurate images without this barrier in the way.
Because of the atmosphere. The atmosphere distorts light (this is also why stars 'twinkle'), where as the HST, free from this, faces no interference.
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it allowed astronomers to see clearer images without distorted or lost colors.
it allowed astronomers to see clearer images without distorted or lost colors.
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Because it doesn't have to look through any air to see the things it wants to see.