Hubble Space Telescope By Greg Leon Wait what

Hubble Space Telescope By Greg Leon

Wait, what is it? Hubble Space Telescope (HST) u It takes sharp, detailed images u Designed in 1970 u Launched in 1990 u

Some Facts… Length: 43. 5 ft u Width: 14 ft u Weight: 12 tons u Travels at 17, 500 mi/hr u Will last for 20 years from start u Cost: $2, 200, 000 u

Who’s running it? (main people) u u u Keith Noll Howard Bond Carol Christian Lisa Frattare Forrest Hamilton Zolt Levay

What are the parts?

You wanna interact with HST? http: //www. spacetelescope. org/good ies/interactive_hubble/index. html u You can see all the different parts of HST with descriptions u

Info Collected… 5/23/06 – Group of 5 star-like images; zoom to see more detail u 1/11/06 – Very detailed picture of Orion Nebula; zoom to see more detail u

$Reflecting and Refracting Telescopes Yea, uh, also by me, same person as before, Greg$

Reflecting and Refracting Telescopes Yea, uh, also by me, same person as before, Greg Leon

$Refracting Telescopes u u Galileo Galilei made it in the early 1600’s Refracts/Bends light$

Refracting Telescopes u u Galileo Galilei made it in the early 1600’s Refracts/Bends light at each end with lenses 3 main parts are the tube and the 2 lenses Criticized for making things look round, air bubbles getting stuck in the glass, color fringing, and dimming

Reflecting Telescopes u u Uses both curved and flat mirrors to reflect light and form an image Niccolo Zucchi created the main idea in 1616, but had trouble with the mirrors making him quit Sir Isaac Newton then perfected in 1670 Traditional one is known as Newtonian reflector

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