P1.13 Exploring The Universe Flashcards

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When photography was invented that amount of data that could be gathered with these telescopes…

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Increased

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What did early telescopes let people see?

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Objects that emitted visible light.

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How are objects recorded that are too faint to be seen by looking through a telescope?

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They can be recorded as a photograph. By pointing the telescope at the same spot in the sky for several hours.

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How do modern telescopes work?

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They use digital cameras to record images and computers are used to analyse the images and look for new objects

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Why can spectrometers be attached to telescopes?

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To analyse different wavelengths of light given off by stars and galaxies

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Most objects that astronomers observe give out…

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Energy in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum

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What can modern telescopes be designed to detect?

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Almost any part of the electromagnetic spectrum, showing us that things can’t be detected using visible light

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When was the Hubble space telescope put in the orbit around the earth?

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1990

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What can the Hubble Space Telescope produce?

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Very clear and sharp images of stars and galaxies because it is above the atmosphere

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Why is it a good thing that the Hubble Space Telescope is above the atmosphere?

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Because light waves from space are not reflected or refracted by clouds and dust or even by movements of air in the atmosphere.

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Why are other telescopes put in the orbit?

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Because the atmosphere absorbs gone wavelength of the radiation they are designed to detect. If these telescopes where on earth they wouldn’t detect anything

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What is visible light?

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Electromagnetic waves that can be detected by the human eye

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Electromagnetic spectrum is the…

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The entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves

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X-Rays…?

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Electromagnetic radiation that has a shorter wavelength than UV but longer than gamma rays

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What is ultraviolet?

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Electromagnetic radiation that has a shorter wave length than visible light but longer than x-Rays

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How does using a camera to record the image seen through a telescope allow astronomers to gather more data?

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We can save and analysis pictures and we can go back to it

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Two differences between radio telescopes and telescopes that detect visible light are…

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Radio wave telescopes are much larger and don’t have mirrors