1 / 24

is transparent

is transparent. ERAU Astronomical Observatory. Meade 12.375 inch Schmidt Cassegrain Reflecting Telescope. Ground Based Telescopes. Optical Infrared Radio. Refracting Telescope. Refractors Tend to be long…. Reflecting Telescope Designs. Reflecting Telescopes are Compact….

clifford-bryant
Download Presentation

is transparent

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. is transparent

  2. ERAU Astronomical Observatory

  3. Meade 12.375 inch Schmidt Cassegrain Reflecting Telescope

  4. Ground Based Telescopes Optical Infrared Radio

  5. Refracting Telescope

  6. Refractors Tend to be long….

  7. Reflecting Telescope Designs

  8. Reflecting Telescopes are Compact….

  9. A Prism Spectrograph

  10. A Spectrum

  11. A Modern Spectrograph

  12. An Electronic Imaging Camera called a CCD

  13. Angular Resolution

  14. Angular Resolution depends on two things… 1. The wavelength of light :  (in meters) 2. The size of the telescope mirror (or dish) : D (in meters)  = 2.5 x 105 /D  is the angular resolution in arcseconds

  15. A Radio telescope “dish”

  16. The Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico

  17. Atmospheric Blurring

  18. No atmospheric blurring in space….

  19. is transparent

  20. Spitzer Space Telescope

  21. Chandra X-Ray Observatory

  22. Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory

  23. The sky at five different wavelengths a- Visible b- Radio c - Infrared d - X-ray e - Gamma ray

More Related