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How big is the mirror on the Hubble Teloscope?
The primary mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope is 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in diameter. This mirror collects and focuses light from distant celestial objects, allowing Hubble to capture incredibly detailed images of the universe.
What is a telescope that uses a mirror to collect light emitted by distant or faint objects?
This type of telescope is often referred to as a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and can be short and wide. They have an eyepiece that extends at a right angle from the body, and have a disk in the middle of the lens, behind which is the mirror.
Which type of telescope uses a mirror to gather light?
A reflecting telescope.
How does the reflecting telescope work to gather and focus light from distant celestial objects?
A reflecting telescope uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light from distant celestial objects. The mirror reflects the light to a focal point where an eyepiece or camera can capture the image. This design allows for larger and more powerful telescopes compared to refracting telescopes, which use lenses.
How does a reflecting telescope work to gather and focus light for astronomical observations?
A reflecting telescope uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light. The mirror reflects incoming light to a focal point, where an eyepiece or camera can capture the image for observation. This design allows for larger and more powerful telescopes compared to refracting telescopes.
At the end of the reflecting telescope is a what mirror?
At the end of the reflecting telescope is a primary mirror. This mirror collects and focuses light from distant objects before reflecting it to a smaller secondary mirror or camera for further magnification or analysis.
What kind of telescope collects and focuses light using a mirrior?
That's a "reflecting" telescope.
Has a mirror that collects light which is reflected to the eyepiece to show the image?
A reflecting telescope "Has a mirror that collects light which is reflected to the eyepiece to show the image".
What has a mirror that collects light which is reflected to the eyepiece to show the image?
A Reflecting Telescope.
How many mirrors does a reflecting telescope have?
A reflecting telescope only needs one mirror, the primary mirror which will focus incoming light to a single point. A digital telescope might place the digital recording media directly in front of the reflecting telescope without any additional mirrors (although perhaps some lenses). For practical purposes though, most optical telescope will have a secondary mirror that will either focus light straight back through a hole in the primary telescope mirror, or to the side of the telescope. Some telescopes, especially the large ones in observatories will have several mirrors directing the light path to the observer or recording equipment.
Which part of a telescope focuses the incoming light?
The list of choices you included with your question doesn't include any part of atelescope that can do that. I would have picked the objective, whether a lens ora mirror.
How big is the mirror on the Hubble Teloscope?
The primary mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope is 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in diameter. This mirror collects and focuses light from distant celestial objects, allowing Hubble to capture incredibly detailed images of the universe.
What kind of light does an optical telescope collect?
An optical telescope collects and focuses visible light from celestial objects like stars, planets, and galaxies. This light is then directed to a detector or eyepiece for observation and analysis.
What does a mirror do in a telescope?
A mirror in a telescope reflects and focuses light to create images of distant objects. It is the primary optical element in a reflecting telescope, where it gathers and concentrates light to produce sharper and brighter views of celestial bodies. Mirrors are essential for collecting and directing light to the eyepiece or camera in a telescope.
What telescope collects light with a mirror?
A reflector telescope collects light with a mirror. The mirror is located at the back of the telescope and reflects the incoming light to a focal point where it is then collected by an eyepiece for viewing.
What are the lenses called in a reflector telescope?
The lenses used in reflector telescope is the concave lens.
How does a telescope see in the dark?
A telescope as actually a light bucket. It collects light from the objects in space using either a lens, or more usually a mirror.A main mirror reflects the light to a smaller one,which begins the light to a focus where an image of the object is formed
