History
First person to determine a value for the speed of light
Who is Ole Romer?
In a light wave, the distance from one peak to the next peak
What is the wavelength?
Starlight that has a smaller wavelength than expected
What is Blue shifted or light approaching an observer?
Uses a lens to focus light at a single point
What is a refracting telescope?
Method for reducing inaccuracy caused by mirror deformation
What is Active Optics?
First person to break sunlight into a spectrum of colors
Who is Isaac Newton?
The number of times a wave passes a fixed point is space every second
What is the frequency?
Starlight that has a longer wavelength than expected
What is Redshifted or starlight moving away from the observer?
The most commonly used type of telescope today
What is a reflecting telescope?
Method for reducing atmospheric distortion with a ground based telescope
What is adaptive optics?
First person to determine there is more light than we can see
Who is Frederick Herschel?
300,000,000 m/s
What is the speed of light?
The energy of a light wave is totally dependent on this
What is frequency?
The largest problem with refracting telescopes
What is chromatic aberration?
Method of linking telescopes to create a large synthetic aperature
What is interferometry?
Two people responsible for the theory of Red and Blue shift for light or the Doppler theory for sound
Who are Doppler and Fizzeau?
Which has a greater wavelength, Gamma Rays or Radio Waves
What are Radio Waves?
When light strikes a metal and emits electrons
What is the photoelectric effect?
The reason for building a telescope on a mountaintop
What is to atmospheric distortion?
Method of recording invisible wavelengths
What is false color?
Person who determined light energy is only dependent on frequency?
Who is Max Planck?
What has a greater frequency ultraviolet, visible or infrared light
What is ultraviolet light?
Theory that states the speed of light is constant in a non-accelerating frame of reference
What is special relativity?
Replaced the photograph for recording light's wavelength and intensity
What is the CCD?
EM wavelengths the Compton space telescope look for and why is it in space
What are gamma rays that are blocked by Earth's magnetic field?