Photographic Moon Book Alan Chu Version 3.5 1 (blank page) 2 Lunar Features by Map No. 1. The Geologic Moon 2. Mare Crisium, Proclus, Palus Somni, Cleomedes, Messala 3. Langrenus,…
Slide 1 Optical Telescope Slide 2 Faint Light Astronomical objects are distant and faint. –Effectively at infinity Light collection is more important than magnification.…
The human eye has the collecting area of a 2-5 millimeter diameter aperture depending on its state of dilation. A telescopeâs function is to collect light from a much larger…
The human eye has the collecting area of a 2-5 millimeter diameter aperture depending on its state of dilation. A telescopeâs function is to collect light from a much larger…
Optical Telescope Faint Light Astronomical objects are distant and faint. Effectively at infinity Light collection is more important than magnification. Refraction Reflection…
Diffraction limited Turbulence limited Dq = l / D turbulent air layer ro = seeing cell size D ~ ro D > ro "dancing disk" Dq = l / D Dq = l /ro wind velocity…