telescopes 101
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A simple presentation about the most important and iconic instrument of astronomers, the telescope--its history and classifications.TRANSCRIPT
Telescopes
Jhan-Curt Fernández
History of Telescopes
What is a telescope?
Kinds of Telescopes
A TELESCOPE is an instrument that gathers
electromagnetic radiation.
Possible inventors of the telescope:
Jacob Metius
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Kinds of Telescopes
Radio Telescopes
Infrared Telescopes
Optical Telescopes
Refractor
Reflector
Compound
Refracting Telescopes (Dioptric)
Reflecting Telescope (Catoptric)
Newtonian
Compound Telescopes (Catadioptric)
Maksutov-Cassegrain
Ultraviolet Telescopes
X-ray Telescopes
Gamma-ray Telescopes
