Astronomy 161 - Winter 2008
Professor Terndrup

2/1/08
Telescopes

Similarity on different length scales

Reading: Chapter 5, all sections.

Vocabulary terms and key concepts:

reflecting telescopes
refracting telescopes
primary mirror, secondary mirror
diffraction limit
(angular) resolution
seeing
adaptive optics

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