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Telescopes Telescopes
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·
makes ayrallel rays converge ↳ concave mirror used as
light collected
by telescope I area

to a focus
objective # chromatic abberation
focal point
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telescopes
&
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use lenses
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parallel concave
rays
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object upright
In a
Cassegrain reflecting telescope the
is a convex mirror
positioned near
secondary
focal point of
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mirror ? concave
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at
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image

tiny hole where
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concave
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Mirror light travels through
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↳ depends on
intensity of
light
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=
received
too narrow

objective lens is a perture which collects
a
star at a
greater distance from earth
·
Parallax -

apparent displacement of 2 star than 10
has
parsec a SMALLER
diffracts light absolute
1AU = 1 496x10 "m magnitude -
appears brighter
↳ causes to SPREAD OUT than
slightly
.




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star
minimum
angular
overlap
significantly they
star do not

can be resolved
resolution aka
which subtends angle
smaller
paralle further away

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ange star is
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by eigh
arc
↳ can be shown
- of Earth to centre of Sun
↳ Minimum
angle
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images of two point
the
to tell them

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objects is NOT possible if J
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any part of the central
of either lies
angle apeture
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>
angular of
inside the first dark
the other
image
ring of
separation
of -
angle of diffraction
first dam ring
Astrophysics emitted
. two star not
Infrared Telescopes
Radio Telescopes
Telescopes &
Technology
&
reflector focuses I
efficient than have
large Concave
· >
-


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eye dish radio telescopes
single consist of detector at focal point o
·
Onto infrared
CCD ->

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photographic film Satellite
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