How telescopes work 13 Articles

by Aldo Bonincontro

The telescope is the most important instrument available for astronomy and, basically, it collect and magnifies the electromagnetic radiations emitted by a celestial object among which, the visible light is only a very lit...read more

by Kristi Walker

How Telescopes Work I remember the first time that I looked through my Dad's telescope lens. He loved all things scientific, especially if they could be observed while he was outdoors! I saw the surface of the moon f...read more

by Petra Sando

Maybe you are brand-new at searching for constellations or maybe you are already familiar with them. Maybe you'd just like to take in the beauty of the cosmos or maybe you'd just like to see what is taking place miles and ...read more

by MysLykeMeeh

A telescope is a scientific and systematic device used to view an object to make it appear clearer in our own eyes. This mechanical instrument are created to help our eye be able see an object that is too small to see wit...read more

by Nancy L. Young-Houser

Launched on August 25, 2003 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Spitzer Telescope has provided infrared observations of objects as close as our solar system and as far away as the most distant reaches of the observable u...read more

by Frances Simon

A telescope can be as simple as a cardboard tube and two pieces of glass. But how does such a telescope make objects appear closer than they really are? Understanding this is key to understanding how a telescope works. ...read more

by Carole Haynes

Galileo in 1609, exhibited to the world the first telescope, although someone else had invented it; his name was Hans Lippershey, a Dutch eyeglass maker. With the Refractor Telescope as it was called, Galileo was able to c...read more

by Louis McCormick

When we think of telescopes we conjure up familiar images of old sea dogs scanning the horizon or astronomers in hilltop observatories gazing at the stars, but what actually ARE telescopes and how do they work? A telesc...read more

by Jennifer Goss

No discussion of how telescopes work would be complete without exploring the many various forms of telescopes, as not all telescopes work alike. Yet all telescopes share on thing in common - they collect radiation. Often t...read more

by Rex Trulove

When talking about telescopes, it is important to understand that telescopes used for night time viewing are primarily light gathering devices. Particularly at night, our eyes do not very effectively capture enough light ...read more

by D. J. Poe

Our human eye could not read the writing on a nickel 200 feet away. We would need aperture and magnification for this. We would need a telescope. It could be a simple, hand held refractor telescope, with an objective lens ...read more

by Joshua Chong

In the field of optical telescopy, two different methods are used to magnify distant objects; each through the principles of refraction or reflection. Consequently, the two varieties of optical telescopes available are kno...read more

by Ron White

In 1600, a Dutch lens maker named Hans Lippershey discovered that objects were magnified when viewed through two of his lens. He was the first to invent the telescope, and that basic form, known as a refractive telescope, ...read more