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Radiation telescopes is a lecture and part of the radiation astronomy course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

The Flagstaff Astrometric Scanning Transit Telescope (FASTT) is a completely automated transit telescope utilizing scan-mode CCD cameras to measure the positions of hundreds of thousands of stars to fainter than 17th magnitude. Credit: US Naval Observatory.

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1 Yes or No, Optical telescopes use domes as a form of shelter.

Yes
No

2 Complete the text:

Match up the radiation letter with each of the detector possibilities below:
Optical rays - L
Visual rays - M
Violet rays - N
Blue rays - O
Cyan rays - P
Green rays - Q
Yellow rays - R
Orange rays - S
Red rays - T
multialkali (Na-K-Sb-Cs) photocathode materials

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F547M

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F675W

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broad-band filter centered at 404 nm

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F588N

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thallium bromide (TlBr) crystals

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F606W

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18 micrometers FWHM at 490 nm

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wide-gap II-VI semiconductor ZnO doped with Co2+ (Zn1-xCoxO)

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3 True or False, The Hubble Space Telescope currently uses the Wide Field Planetary Camera (PC-2) with its F492M filter among others for green astronomy.

TRUE
FALSE

4 The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, provides?

students in the United States with free access
the Faulkes Telescope Project
a high-powered robotic telescope in Jamaica
a high-powered robotic telescope in Tasmania
on-site use of two high-powered telescopes
scientific investigations

5 True or False, The Hβ emission line does not appear when the F492M filter is used on the Hubble Space Telescope because its wavelength is 486.1 nm.

TRUE
FALSE

6 Which of the following are associated with the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope?

a launch location
Kitt Peak National Observatory
a heliostat
a distinctive diagonal shaft that continues underground
a theoretical resolution of 0.07"
NOAA designations

7 True or False, There is a 101-cm telescope at Bisei Astronomical Observatory.

TRUE
FALSE

8 Which of the following are associated with a Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope?

a launch location
catadioptric
spherical mirror
a corrector plate
correcting chromatic aberration
a positive lens

9 True or False, The first gamma-ray telescope was carried into orbit aboard OSO 3.

TRUE
FALSE

10 Complete the text:

An optical system that employs both refractive (

) and reflective (

) elements is called a catadioptric optical system.

11 True or False, The NuSTAR observatory has a 10.14 m instrument focal length for its Wolter I telescopes.

TRUE
FALSE

12 Complete the text:

Match up the telescope description with each of the telescope possibilities below:
an off-axis Ritchey-Chrétien ultraviolet telescope - J
two 10 meter telescopes - K
a 188 cm telescope - L
 
- M
a 1.6 m f/54 reflecting solar telescope - N
ASTRO-1, 0.3-12 keV, 90 eV and 150 eV at 1 and 6 keV, respectively - O
18 micrometers FWHM at 490 nm - P
a 101-cm telescope - Q
 
- R
 
- S
four 12 m optical reflectors - T
 

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File:Shisetsu02 101cm.gif

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File:Proba-2 fully operational in its final orbit.jpg

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13 True or False, A radio telescope has an aperture.

TRUE
FALSE

14 Which of the following are associated with an astronomical filter?

enhance the details of celestial objects
catadioptric
a given bandpass
a corrector plate
blocking a specific part of the color spectrum
adjusting the brightness

15 True or False, The Evpatoria RT-70 telescope in the Ukraine is a radar telescope.

TRUE
FALSE

16 Complete the text:

An astronomical interferometer is an

of telescopes or

segments acting together to probe structures with higher resolution by means of

.

17 True or False, The Large Binocular Telescope is located at Kitt Peak in Arizona USA.

TRUE
FALSE

18 Complete the text:

A comet seeker is a type of

telescope adapted especially to searching for comets: commonly of

focal length and

aperture, in order to secure the greatest

of light.

19 True or False, An astrograph is a telescope designed for the sole purpose of astrochemistry.

TRUE
FALSE

20 Complete the text:

The meridian circle is an instrument for

of the passage of stars across the local

, an event known as a transit, while at the same time measuring their angular distance from the

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Hypotheses

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Main resource: Hypotheses
  1. Every aspect of a telescope is open to questioning.

See also

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{{Radiation astronomy resources}}

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