white light is composed of all the colors of the rainbow
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White light is composed of all the colors of the rainbow. Rainbow of colors of the visible spectrum can be split by a prism. The visible spectrum. Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet. A single color can’t be split again. Spectrum can be recombined into white light. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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White light is composed of all the
colors of the rainbow• Rainbow of colors of the visible
spectrum can be split by a prism
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RedOrangeYellowGreenBlueIndigoViolet
The visible spectrum
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A single color can’t be split again
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Spectrum can be recombined into white light
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Light is electromagnetic
radiation
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What is the speed of light?
How do we know?
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Measuring the speed of light
Light takes over 16 minutes to travel the diameter of earth’s orbit (2 AU)
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Speed of light is the universal speed limit
• No physical object can travel at the speed of light
• No information can travel faster than light
• We can’t find out about the universe faster than c
• Distance is a time machine!
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Light behaves as particles and as waves
• Particles of light are called photons• Energy of a photon increases with
shorter wavelengths
E = h c / λ
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Most electromagnetic radiation is blocked by
atmosphere• Good for life on earth, but bad for
observing the universe• Much of the observation of the
universe must take place from space
• Visible light and radio waves are biggest “windows” in atmosphere
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Types of telescopes• Refracting telescopes focus light
with an objective lens
• Reflecting telescopes focus light with an objective mirror
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Refracting telescopes• Bend light to collect & magnify
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Refracting telescopes are made with two lenses
Image is inverted in eyepiece!
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Light gathering power increases with aperture
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Aperture also increases resolution
Magnification does no good if resolution is poor!
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Limitations of refracting telescopes
• Spherical aberration• Chromatic aberration• Distortion of lens by gravity• Unwanted refractions
(imperfections in glass)• Glass blocks some light (especially
outside visible, e.g. UV)
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Spherical aberration
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Chromatic aberration
(same effect that makes prism separate colors)
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Lick Observatory,Mt. Hamilton
• 36” telescope is 2nd largest refractor in the world
• Severely impacted by light pollution from Silicon Valley
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Reflecting telescopes• Avoid many of the
problems of refracting telescopes
• Can be made much larger• up to 200” single mirror• much larger with new
technology– up to 10 meter Keck
telescopes
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Reflecting telescopes use a mirror to focus light
• No chromatic aberration
• Easier to make large mirrors that don’t distort
• Still have to correct for spherical aberration (or use parabolic mirror)
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a) Newtonian c) Cassegrainb) prime focus d) coudé
Type of refactors
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Astronomical observations from surface of the Earth
are limited• Turbulent air causes twinkling and
poor “seeing” (lower resolution)• Most non-visible wavelengths are
blocked by atmosphere• Light pollution is increasing problem• Space-based observatories don’t
have these limitations (but cost $$$)
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Light pollution
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Space-based observatories• Hubble Space Telescope
• 2.4 meter orbiting telescope• Observes in visible, near-IR, UV
• Many others for IR, UV, X-ray, gamma ray
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New technology is revolutionizing ground-
based astronomy• Active optics• Adaptive optics• Segmented mirrors• Optical interferometry
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Observing and recording the sky
• First observations were made directly through telescopes, recorded by hand sketches
• Photographic plates & film allowed long time exposures to capture greater amounts of light
• CCDs now record images digitally
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M27 (Dumbell Nebula) seen through an amateur telescope
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Amateur long exposure photograph
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Radio Astronomy• First radio signals from
space detected in 1932• Can be done from the
ground• Collecting dishes need
to be large for long-wavelength radio waves
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Infrared (IR) telescopes• Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF),
Mauna Kea (NASA)• Infrared Astronomical Satellite
(IRAS)• Space Infrared Telescope Facility
(SIRTF) to be launched this spring
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Ultraviolet (UV) astronomy• International Ultraviolet Explorer
(IUE) 45 cm• Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic
Explorer (FUSE)
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X-rays and gamma rays• High-energy photons
cannot be focused like light
• Very specialized orbiting instruments
• Chandra X-ray observatory
• Compton gamma ray observatory
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