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Primary lens: The objective of a refracting telescope. Primary mirror: The objective of a reflecting telescope. Corrector plate: A full aperture negative lens placed before a primary mirror designed to correct the optical aberrations of the mirror. Schmidt corrector plate: An aspheric-shaped corrector plate used in the Schmidt telescope.
A color–color diagram is a means of comparing the colors of an astronomical object at different wavelengths. Astronomers typically observe at narrow bands around certain wavelengths, and objects observed will have different brightnesses in each band.
Diagram of Herschel-Lomonosov telescope system. Das Bild sollte unter Beachtung des Reflexionsgesetzes neu gezeichnet werden. Source: Own work: Author: User:Eudjinnius:
In its first batch of full-color images, the Euclid telescope captured a cosmic portrait that officials at the space agency called “a revolution for astronomy.” The image shows roughly 1,000 ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope captured galaxies from more than 13 billion years ago in stunning infrared. It's the first of many images.
The 100-inch (2.54 m) Hooker reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, USA, used by Edwin Hubble to measure galaxy redshifts and discover the general expansion of the universe. A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. [1]
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