By Kristine. An optical device is any technology that uses light. An optical device can be as simple as a mirror, or as complex as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Chapter 3 Stars. 3A-1 Gnomon – a pole, column of stones, pillar, or pyramid (like a crude clock or calendar) Uses: -Tell time of day (movement of.
Diffraction of Light By definition, diffraction refers to the apparent bending of waves around small obstacles and the spreading out of waves past small.
How do we know what we know about the universe? By studying the energy ( light ) emitted by objects in space.
Our Sun and the Stars
Improved PMTs for the Cherenkov Telescope Array project Razmik Mirzoyan for the Focal Plane Instrumentation WG Max-Planck-Institute for Physics Munich,
TELESCOPIC ASTRONOMY. What is a telescope? What are telescopes used for? View distant objects Collect light.
Telescopes Portals of Discovery. Telescope A telescope is an instrument designed to aid the observation of remote objects by collecting some form of electromagnetic.
The Jet Acceleration and Collimation Probe of Transient X-ray Binaries (JACPOT XRB): Investigating accretion disk-radio jet coupling across the stellar.
Astronomical Instruments
The Sun and The Stars
Introduction to Telescope. What is a Telescope? How many types of telescopes are there? An instrument designed by an arrangement of lenses or mirrors.