Telescopes Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Magnification | Best known Least important |
Light Gathering Power | Most important |
Resolution | Most difficult to understand Ability to see fine detail Scopes resolution is dependent on its aperture |
MMT | Multiple Mirror Telescopes |
Blue Shifted | Object coming toward you |
Red Shifted | Object going away from you |
Continuous Spectrum | Unbroken band of colors Source sends out light of all visible wavelengths Glowing Solid Glowing Liquid Hot compressed gases inside a star |
Spectroscope | Separates starlight into its colors to identify different wavelengths |
Visible Spectrum | Band of colors when starlight is separated |
Bright Line Spectrum | Emission Spectrum Comes from chemical elements when they are in the form of a glowing thin gas or vapor |
Dark Line Spectrum | Continuous spectrum with dark lines where light is absorbed |
CCD | Charged Couple Device Group of photocells electrons collect where light strikes device Observed brightness is directly proportioned to the area of a telescope's mirror and to the square of the mirror |
Atmospheric Blurring | Looks like asphalt on a hot day |
Schmidt Telescopes | Uses both refracting lens and reflecting mirror Creates very wide angle views Best known: Hubble |
Baseline | Difference between two radio telescopes |
Spectrograph | Object used to view the spectrum Consists of a prism, a lens, and a camera |
Colors of visible spectrum | Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet |
Infrared Astronomy | SOFIA--Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy IRAS |
Ultraviolet Astronomy | IUE--International Ultraviolet Explorer EUVE--Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer |
X-Ray Astronomy | HEAO--High Energy Astronomy Observatories AXAF/Chandra |
Gamma Ray Telescopes | GRO--Gamma Ray Observatory |
Cosmic Ray Telescopes | COBE--Cosmic Background Explorer |
Yerkes Observatory | William Bay, Wisconsin |
Twin Telescopes | Kitt Peak, Arizona & Cerro Tololo, Chile |
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