How does the resolving power of the 5-m telescope on Mount Palomar near San Diego compare with that of the 2.5-m Hubble Space Telescope?
Q: How does the resolving power of the Mount Palomar 5-m telescope compare with that of the 2.4-m…
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Q: Why do radio telescopes have to be very large?
A: The ability of a telescope to distinguish small details of the sky is called its angular resolution.…
Q: what advantages does a catadioptric telescope have over a reflecting telescope? what is its…
A: Catadioptric telescope:-A catadioptric telescope is a type of telescope that uses both mirrors and…
Q: 7. As seen from Earth, the two stars known as Krueger 60 have an angular separation of 2.5 arc…
A: Given- λ=550 nm=550×10-9 m
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…
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A: A. South African Large Telescope: The South African Large Telescope (SALT) is a the largest optical…
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: Explain in a paragraph, what is the TMT and why the TMT is considered the most controversial…
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Q: What happens in a Michelson Interferometer? And give a detailed example of where this apparatus is…
A: Michelson Interferometer: It is the tool used to produce interference between two light beams. it…
Q: Two wavelengths are used in Newton's ring experiment. Assume that the 9th bright ring of 511 nm…
A: Newton rings
Q: How many telescopes does Kitt Peak National Observatory have?
A: Kitt peak national observatory have THREE major telescope.
Q: Why do nocturnal animals usually have large pupils in their eyes? How is that related to the way…
A: The eyes work by collecting light which stikes on photosensitive material and converts the light…
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: The South African Large Telescope has an aperture of 10.2 meters and was made to observe visible…
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Q: What is the area of an 23 meter telescope, consider the area of a circle
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Q: The main characteristics of a telescope that defines how much light they can gather is the size of…
A: Given Data : Telescope To Find : Fill the characteristics of telescope in the blanks.
Q: Why can't we see stars in day time?
A: The Earth we live is a unique planet for human to survive. It contains atmosphere with the suitable…
Q: Astronauts observing from a space station need a telescope with a resolving power of 0.9 arc seconds…
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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: How many more times can a Keck telescope 10m diameter gather rather than armature telescope .25 m in…
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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: Imagine that you are the head of a funding agency that can afford to build only one telescope. Which…
A: Because we use a telescope to observe an item from a great distance away, it must have at least two…
Q: when alaser light passes through a medium whose thickness is Clomm) if the Percentage ofradiation…
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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: 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: Optical and radiotelescopes are built on the ground but X-ray astronomy is possible only from…
A: Optical and radio telescopes are built on the ground but X-ray telescope are only build on satellite…
Q: (diameter LGP = Area = t 2
A: The Light Gathering Power is calculated as : LGP = Area = π (diameter/2)2
Q: If you had limited funds to build a large telescope, which type would you choose, a refractor or a…
A: A telescope is used to observe astronomical objects like planets and stars. There are two types…
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: Calculate the angular resolution of the HST (Hubble Space Telescope) operating in green light of…
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Q: Assuming the angular resolution found for the HubbleTelescope , what is the smallest detail…
A: The expression for the resolving power is,
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: Which of these telescopes has the largest mirror, that is, the most "light gathering" capability?…
A: Palomar telescope: it has a primary mirror of length 5.1 m (diameter) Vera Rubin telescope : it has…
Q: Why IR telescopes require external cooling
A: The branch of observational astronomy which specializes in observation and analysis made in the…
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