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Q: Which type of telescope detects radiation instead of light?
A: There are countless things in the universe, which we cannot comprehend due to the limit of our…
Q: If you increase the size of a telescope's mirror (without changing the focal length), the telescope…
A: Increasing the size of telescope will increase APERTURE of mirror that leads to more light…
Q: How much better light-gathering-power does a professional telescope with a diameter of 6 meters have…
A: Diameter of professional telescope is D = 6 mt Diameter of roof telescope is d = 20 cm = 0.2 cm
Q: Compare the light-gathering power of the 10-meter Keck telescope with the 8-meter Gemini telescope.
A: The light-gathering power is directly proportional to the telescope’s area. Let r1 and r2 denote the…
Q: The figures are to scale. Which telescope has the biggest diameter?
A: A telescope used to detect distant objects by their absorption,emission or reflection of…
Q: Calculate the resolution (in radians) for a telescope with the following diameter (assume it is…
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Q: If you build a telescope with a focal length of 2.4 m, what eyepiece focal length (in m) is needed…
A: Write the expression for the magnification of the telescope. Here, ft is the focal length of the…
Q: Compared to a 0.2 m diameter telescope, a 0.4 m diameter telescope has how much more light gathering…
A: The diameter of telescope 1: d1 = 0.2 m The diameter of telescope 2: d2 = 0.4 m
Q: Telescope A has a 5 in. diameter whereas Telescope B has a 12 cm diameter. Which telescope gathers…
A: The brightness of an image from a telescope depends on how amount of light is gathered by the…
Q: How many telescopes does Kitt Peak National Observatory have?
A: Kitt peak national observatory have THREE major telescope.
Q: How does the resolving power of the 5-m telescope on Mount Palomar near San Diego compare with that…
A: The property of a telescope that enables it to capture small details of an object is called its…
Q: what are some of the result of Event Horizons Telescope to date
A: The EHT is a network of radio telescopes around the world that studies, primarily, black holes. In…
Q: When would an infrared telescope most likely be used?
A: An infrared telescope will detect and resolve the infrared rays. Since the wavelength of the…
Q: If Telescope A has one-fourth the light-gathering power of Telescope B, how does the diameter of…
A: Given : LGPA = 1/4 LGPB
Q: Choose 2 non optical telescopes, write the two you chose, and write what each telescope tells us…
A: Required :: Two non optical telescopes and what do they tell about the objects in space.
Q: The angle subtended by the full Moon on Earth is ~0.5°, as seen by the naked eye. What is the eye’s…
A: Given, the angle subtended by the full Moon on Earth is 0.5°. For so small angle we have, s=rθ where…
Q: Which type of telescope uses a scintillation detector?
A: Scintillation detectors are used to determine the high energy part of X-ray spectrum.
Q: If Telescope A has one-third the light gathering power of Telescope B, how does the diameter of…
A: Light gathering power of a telescope is also known as light grasp or aperture gain. It is the…
Q: Lable the type of telescope shown below
A: Required :: Type of telescope.
Q: How much larger than a 1-m telescope would another telescope have to be in order to have 1000 times…
A: The light-gathering power of a telescope is defined as the amount of light it can gather and then…
Q: If Telescope A has half the light gathering power of Telescope B, how does the diameter of Telescope…
A: The light-gathering power of a telescope directly proportional to the area which actually means it…
Q: Why must most infrared telescopes operate at very high altitudes or in space?
A: We are well aware most of the objects near the earth's surface and even the atmosphere absorb and…
Q: When astronomers discuss the apertures of their telescopes, they say bigger is better. Explain why.…
A: The aperture of a telescope is crucial because it determines the brightness of the planetary or…
Q: A 4-m optical telescope operates at a wavelength of 5 x107 m. How large would an infrared telescope…
A: A telescope is used to study celestial bodies. Usually, these bodies are very far away from the…
Q: If we want to increase the light gathering power by a factor of 10, we need the new telescope to…
A: The light gathering power of the new telescope is 10 times the light gathering power of the old…
Q: How much more light can a telescope with a 14-inch diameter mirror gather compared with a 4-inch…
A: we can compare the different sized apertures for their Light gathering power . Light gathering power…
Q: How does the phenomenon of light diffraction around edges influence the design of telescopes?
A: Light diffraction refers to the bending and spreading of light waves as they pass around an edge or…
Q: Compare the light-gathering power of a 10 m Keck telescope with that of a 0.8 m telescope.
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Q: Why infrared telescopes are kept above the atmosphere and require extra cooling ?
A: The infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum covers wavelengths from 0.7 to 100 µm.…
Q: How does the light-gathering power of a 300-m diameter radio telescope compare to that of a 50 m…
A: Given: Diameter of the light gathering power 1,D1=300mDiameter of the light gathering power…
Q: Based on what you know about Kirchhoff’s laws of spectroscopy, explain how the Sun’s light can be…
A: Kirchhoff gave 3 laws of spectroscopy. The first law states a continuous spectrum is produced by a…
Q: Why IR telescopes require external cooling
A: The branch of observational astronomy which specializes in observation and analysis made in the…
Q: How much greater is the light-collecting area of a 18meter telescope than a 5.5 meter telescope?
A: Given information:Diameter of telescope 1 (d1) = 18 mDiameter of telescope 2 (d2) = 5.5 m
Q: Calculate the resolving power of a 5mm telescope. Calculate the resolving power of the Hubble Space…
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Q: What are the most important gamma ray telescopes since the 70s into the modern era?
A: Gamma-ray telescope, instrument designed to detect and resolve gamma rays from sources outside…
Q: A certain telescope has a 10'x10' field of view that is recorded using a CCD chip having 2048x2048…
A: Angle of sky corresponding to 1 pixel is,
Q: What does Kitt Peak National Observatory mainly study in space?
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Q: How many more times can keck telescope 10 m in diameter gather rather than a an amateur telescope…
A: The telescope is an instrument which is mainly used to observe remote objects like stars and…
Q: f telescope A is 160 cm in diameter, and telescope B is 32 cm in diameter, how much more light does…
A: Given Data: The diameter of a telescope A is, dA=160 cm The diameter of a telescope B is, dB=32 cm…
Q: An astronomer wants to design an infrared telescope with an angular resolution of 1.5 arcseconds at…
A: The angular resolution (θ) of a telescope is given by the equation: θ = 1.22 × L / D where L is the…
Q: How much better light-gathering-power does a professional telescope with a diameter of 4 meters have…
A: Light gathering power of a telescope is directly proportional to the diameter of the aperture P∝D…
Q: Where is Kitt Peak National Observatory located?
A: Kitt peak National observatory is located in the Quinlan Mountain of the Sonoran Desert, its total…
Q: two reflecting telescopes have the same angular resolution, but one of them uses visible light and…
A: The formula for angular resolution is, θ=1.22λD (1) Where λ and D are the wavelength of light and…
Q: The largest telescopes in the world are used to detect: a)x-ray. b)radio wave. c)visible light.…
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Q: Which of these statements best explains why a telescope enables us to see details of a distant…
A: Both statement 1 and 2 is good for the formation of better image for better image we need that image…
Q: Choose 2 non optical telescopes, write the two you chose, and write what each telescope tells us…
A: Some of the types of Non Optical telescopes are as follows : Radio Telescopes Infrared and UV…
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