Telescopes

The two most common types of mount are the alt-azimuth mount, and the equatorial mount, the latter being tricky to set up at first, but much easier to use in the long run. There are other special purpose mounts, too, especially for observatory instruments.

The reflecting metal foil on the Hubble space telescope helps regulate its temperature by deflecting sunlight and reducing heat absorption. This insulation is crucial for maintaining the telescope's delicate instruments within a suitable temperature range to ensure optimal performance.

The telescope you are referring to is likely a refracting telescope. In a refracting telescope, light enters through an objective lens which bends the light rays to a focal point where the image is formed. This type of telescope is commonly used in astronomy and for terrestrial viewing.

Recent analysis of impact debris from a rocket that was designed to crash into the moons northern polar area show a noteworthy amount of water ice in that region, to the surprise - and delight - of NASA scientists.

The telescopes used by Leeuwenhoek, Huygens, and Galileo were refractors.

Newton fashioned the first reflector, with a primary mirror of made polished brass.

Radio telescopes use parabolic dishes to collect and focus radio waves from space. The dish reflects the radio waves to a receiver, which then converts the waves into electronic signals that can be processed and analyzed.

They are both scopes and they can see threw them and some of them have one eye hole

Infrared telescopes are usually built at high altitudes to minimize atmospheric interference. At lower altitudes, the Earth's atmosphere absorbs and scatters infrared light, making it difficult to observe astronomical objects accurately. By placing telescopes at high altitudes, such as on mountain peaks, scientists can minimize the interference and obtain clearer observations of infrared radiation from space.

The Englishman, Leonard Digges (1520-1559), from Bartham in Kent, UK, invented the Theodolite in 1551...The main component of a Theodolite is a small but powerful refracting telescope, so he was almost certainly the very first person in the world to invent the refracting telescope. However, it is known that he also invented the reflecting telescope shortly afterwards. In 1608, Hans Lippershey, a German born Dutch citizen invented a refracting telescope in Middelburg, Netherlands. Galileo's model a year later was a considerable improvement upon Lippersheys design but it came almost 60 years after Digges's invented his telescope. The Gregorian reflecting telescope was invented by Scottish mathematician and astronomer James Gregory and his design was first published in 1663. Isaac Newton invented the Newtonian reflecting telescope in 1668, 117 years after Digges invented his. The design of the Cassegrain telescope was first published on April 25th 1672 and its invention is attributed to Laurent Cassegrain (1629-1693), a Catholic priest from Chartres, France. There were no real major advances in telescope designs until the Schmidt telescope was invented, by German optician Bernhard Schmidt, in 1930. The Maksutov telescope was patented in 1941 by Russian optician Dmitri Maksutov.

Your eyes are actually much more similar to binoculars than they are to a telescope, in that binoculars give one stereoscopic vision, like the human eyes do. But all binoculars magnify, and many have zoom magnification - the human eyes adjusts only for "basically close" and "basically far away".

Radio telescopes can detect unknown bodies in space by picking up radio emissions from them. These emissions can reveal information about the composition, size, and distance of the object. By analyzing these signals, astronomers can identify new objects or phenomena in space that may have gone unnoticed through other means.

1. Stars are massive celestial objects made up of predominantly hydrogen and helium.
2. They emit light and energy through nuclear fusion reactions in their cores.
3. Stars come in a variety of sizes, colors, and temperatures, which determine their classification and lifecycle.

Very large telescopes use mirrors to gather more light and focus it in one spot. These mirrors are designed to have a larger surface area to capture more incoming light, and they are shaped precisely to concentrate the light to a single point where the image is formed or captured by a detector.

Some other types of telescopes used by astronomers to observe stars include radio telescopes, which detect radio waves emitted by stars, and space telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope, which is specifically designed for observations in space without the distortion caused by Earth's atmosphere. Astronomers also use infrared telescopes to study stars emitting infrared radiation, providing valuable insights into their composition and temperature.

Refracting telescopes tend to be more top heavy than reflecting telescopes because the lens at the front of the telescope, which is used to gather light, can be heavier than the mirrors used in reflecting telescopes. This imbalance can make refracting telescopes more prone to tipping if not properly balanced or supported.

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The dates are in dispute. The year of the single-lens optical microscope is usually given as 1590 (remarkable, in that Zacharias Jannsen's birth year is sometime between 1580 and 1588), and the year of the telescope as 1608.

Making a telescope with very large lenses presents several challenges. Large lenses are heavy and difficult to support, causing distortion and optical imperfections. Additionally, large lenses are more prone to sagging and warping due to their weight, impacting the quality of the images produced. Lastly, the cost of manufacturing and polishing large lenses to the required precision can be prohibitively expensive.

All colors of light travel at the same speed in a vacuum, including through a telescope lens. The speed of light is determined by the medium it travels through; in air or a lens, all colors of light travel at the same speed.

Telescopes can be designed to detect various wavelengths and frequencies of light, not just visible light. Different types of telescopes, such as radio telescopes and X-ray telescopes, are specialized to observe different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond visible light. By focusing on specific wavelengths and frequencies, telescopes can provide valuable information about celestial objects and phenomena.

The main astronomical instruments are the armillary sphere, the triquetrum, the quadrant, the astrolabe, and the various kinds of telescopes. These instruments are all used to observe, measure, and study celestial bodies. They can be used to collect data on planets, galaxies, radiation, stars, nebulas, etc.

The collision theory was developed by Max Trautz and William Lewis in the early 20th century. They proposed that chemical reactions occur when reactant molecules collide with sufficient energy and proper orientation. This theory laid the foundation for understanding reaction rates and kinetics in chemistry.

The Hubble Space Telescope is placed in orbit around Earth at an altitude of about 547 kilometers (340 miles) to ensure that it can observe distant celestial objects with minimal interference from Earth's atmosphere. Being above the atmosphere also provides a clearer view of the universe and reduces distortion and light pollution that could affect its observations.

Yes, optical telescopes are specifically designed to study visible light radiated from stars. They collect and focus visible light from stars to provide detailed images and spectra, allowing astronomers to analyze the properties of stars such as temperature, composition, and motion.

Perhaps the most important contribution of radio astronomy to the Big Bang theory was to finally put to rest its only real rival, the Steady State theory.

Steady State theory required the Universe to be eternally similar to the way it is today, with the known expansion of the Universe compensated for by a continual creation of matter in intergalactic space.

However, in 1965, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, working with a Bell Labs horn antenna at Holmdel, New Jersey, (and looking for quite something else entirely) discovered a uniform microwave hiss coming from all over the sky. This turned out to match a prediction by George Gamow and others that the Big Bang should leave just such a remnant noise filling the Universe.

The Steady State theory had no explanation for the existence of this noise (now termed the cosmic microwave background), while the Big Bang theory not only demanded it but rather closely predicted its temperature.