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No, x-rays and gamma rays cannot be focused by lenses or conventional telescope mirrors. To make mirrors that will focus x-rays or gamma rays you need very shallow glancing angle mirrors, that are nearly just parabolically tapered tubes. Typically several of these tubes with the same focal point but different diameter are nested inside each other.
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What are the disadvantages of gamma telescopes?
Gamma radiation is very penetrant and is used in medicine, nondestructive testing, etc.
What instrument to astronomers use?
They use telescopes, but different types of telescopes. There are telescopes for radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays, all depending on what it is you're trying to see.
Different tools used in astronomy?
Telescopes come to mind. There are many types of them ranging from one end of thee-m spectrum to the other. There are ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwave radio wave and gamma ray telescopes to name a few. With these telescopes other devices are used. CCD's and sometimes photographic film cameras to record images, computers to control the cameras and telescopes. Also used in conjunction with the recording devices are filters, both optical and electrical, and notch and bandpass.
What are the 5 main main telescopes used to gather information about the universe?
Optical (refracting and reflecting types), Radio, Infra-red, X-ray, Gamma-ray. Some of these need to be carried on satellites as the atmosphere absorbs the radiation under study - fortunately for us!
What are designed for observation of planets galaxies and outer space objects?
Celestial bodies are objects in the sky. The most commonly used instrument used to observe these bodies is the human eye. The next most common are the various telescopes including optical, radio, infrared and gamma ray. The sun is also a celestial body. A simple stick placed in the ground makes an interesting instrument for observing it. If you place a mark on the ground at the top of the sticks shadow at midday for a year (or whenever you remember to do it), an interesting figure is produced. Try it out.
What are some Types of Space Telescopes?
Gamma, X-ray, Optical, and Radio
What are the types of telescopes that are used for astronomical observation?
The three major types are the optical, the infrared, and the radio telescopes. There are other specialized instruments for observing gamma rays, or x-rays, or for doing processes such as interferometry. Among the optical telescopes are the refracting (lens), reflecting (mirror) and compound telescopes (computer-assisted combinations of several smaller telescopes to simulate a much larger one).
Optical telescopes are designed to collect and create images from is it white or visible light or x rays or infrared radiation or gamma rays?
An "optical" telescope would naturally collect light from optical wavelengths, meaning visible light from ~400-800nm.
What are the disadvantages of gamma telescopes?
Gamma radiation is very penetrant and is used in medicine, nondestructive testing, etc.
What instrument to astronomers use?
They use telescopes, but different types of telescopes. There are telescopes for radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays, all depending on what it is you're trying to see.
What instrument is used to locate a uranium?
A gamma radiometer or a gamma spectrometer.
Why are x-ray telescopes and gamma - ray telescopes in space?
The earth's atmosphere doesn't let these rays reach the ground, so the telescopes are placed in orbit where they can receive the rays.
What are types of space telescope?
Gamma, X-ray, Optical, and Radio
Different tools used in astronomy?
Telescopes come to mind. There are many types of them ranging from one end of thee-m spectrum to the other. There are ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwave radio wave and gamma ray telescopes to name a few. With these telescopes other devices are used. CCD's and sometimes photographic film cameras to record images, computers to control the cameras and telescopes. Also used in conjunction with the recording devices are filters, both optical and electrical, and notch and bandpass.
State the difference between optical and non-optical telescopes?
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.
What are the 5 main main telescopes used to gather information about the universe?
Optical (refracting and reflecting types), Radio, Infra-red, X-ray, Gamma-ray. Some of these need to be carried on satellites as the atmosphere absorbs the radiation under study - fortunately for us!
What are some ways scientist study the universe?
they use radio telescopes, infrared, gamma ray, and etc.
