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Why can a Hubble space telescope make very detailed images in visible light?
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∙ 13y ago
I assume you mean the Hubble Space Telescope. Such space telescopes benefit from the lack of an atmosphere: there is no atmospheric distortion, which otherwise severely limits the image quality. The lack of an atmosphere also lets such telescopes see in frequencies that don't get down to Earth at all, for example infrared and ultraviolet. There are OTHER space telescopes in orbit that use this benefit to observe x-rays.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 13y agoFirstly, as you might expect, all the components on it are very high quality. It also has a large lens diameter (2.4m) which is important as the larger the lens diameter the better the angular resolution (the minimum angle required between two things for them to be seen as separate and not blur together).
The special thing about the Hubble telescope is that it's in space. Earth based telescopes have to look though the atmosphere which blurs the light coming from space. This is due to variations in pressure bending light differently and is the reason stars twinkle. In space there is no atmosphere so the light which arrives isn't distorted by the atmosphere, this allows it to take very clear pictures.
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∙ 13y agoBecause it's out of the Earth's atmosphere.
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Which technology can allow a single ground-based telescope to achieve images as sharp as those from the Hubble Space Telescope?
adaptive optics
What is the file size of a hubble space telescope picture?
The Hubble Space Telescope, HST, has four cameras - three wide field (WF) cameras and one planetary camera (PC). Most images from HST is assembled from images from these four cameras, of which the PC is in the top right hand corner - that's why images from Hubble has a staggered appearance in that section of the image. Each camera uses a CCD that renders 800x800 pixels.
Is it true that the clearest images of objects in deep space are produced by a telescope in space?
Yes, telescopes in space, like the Hubble Space Telescope, produce the clearest images because images from ground-based telescopes get distorted when the light passes through the atmosphere.
What is the name of the telescope that was sent out in space so it could see sharper and clearer images of planets star and deep space?
HUBBLE
What type of light can the hubble telescope use to see the images?
The instruments on board of the HST are sensitive to ultraviolet through infrared (115 to 2500 nanometers.
What does the Hubble Telescope do?
The Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, uses a large hyperbolic mirror to take highly detailed astronomical photographs. Hubble's orbit outside Earth's atmosphere allows it to take extremely sharp images without distortion or light pollution.
Why can the hubble space telescope make images in visible light that are much better than images made by the telescopes on earth?
There is minimal atmospheric disturbance up where the Hubble orbits. Down here on Earth we have to contend with the atmosphere.
Does the Hubble Telescope use mirrors or lenses to focus the image?
The Hubble Telescope uses both mirrors and lenses to focus on images.
Why can the hubble space telescope make image in visible light that are much better than images made by telescopes on earth?
There is minimal atmospheric disturbance up where the Hubble orbits. Down here on Earth we have to contend with the atmosphere.
What telescope can now deliver images ten times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope?
The (GMT) Giant Magellan Telescope .
Why does the Hubble Space Telescope give clearer images than those from earth?
Hubble does not have to contend with the atmosphere of the earth which bends and distorts images from earth-based telescopes.
Why are images from the hubble space telescope important?
We understand earth and space more because of it.
Which technology can allow a single ground-based telescope to achieve images as sharp as those from the Hubble Space Telescope?
adaptive optics
Why did the Hubble telescope take off into space?
The problem with ground based telescopes is that the atmosphere distorts images, The Hubble space telescope is above the atmosphere and therefore can view with much better clarity.
What was wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope when it was first launched?
When they started getting images back from the Hubble, thee was a distortion that should not have been there, and it was keeping the telescope from capturing really good images. It later turned out that there had been a mistake made in grinding the curved mirror.
What is the purpose of the Hubble telescope?
Launched on April 24th 1990 the purpose of the Hubble space telescope is so astronauts and astronomers and even the public can discover new images of our Galaxy and other Galaxy's and other planets
Why is the hubble important?
It's a space telescope, meaning that it can get a good view of things out in space without any disturbance from the earths atmosphere. Being in space means that is can magnify images to a higher degree than earth telescopes, providing much more detailed images.
