Telescope Vocab

Front

Device making distant objects appear closer.

Back

Telescope

Front

Energy traveling through space as waves.

Back

Electromagnetic Radiation

Front

Uses lenses or mirrors to collect and focus visible light.

Back

Optical Telescope

Front

Uses convex lenses to gather and focus light

Back

Refracting Telescopes

Front

First reflecting telescope (1668) builder?

Back

Isaac Newton

Front

Uses a curved mirror to collect and focus light.

Back

Reflecting Telescope

Front

Devices that detect radio waves from space.

Back

Radio Telescopes

Front

A building with one or more telescopes (some in space).

Back

Observatories

Front

Lens type?

Back

Convex

Front

The visible spectrum is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum visible to the human eye.

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Visible Light