NS2 Test Bank: NS2-M3C12 - Astronomical Observations

Front

In what year did Sir Isaac Newton invent the first reflecting telescope?

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1672

Front

A mega-constellation of satellites that will provide worldwide internet service including isolated locations.

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Starlink

Front

Pulsars exist in the ________ stages of stellar life.

Back

last

Front

Where is the optical lens located on a radio telescope?

Back

None of the above

Front

The United States landed the first man on the moon in 1963?

Back

False

Front

Consists of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first through which the enlarged object is viewed

Back

Refracting Telescope

Front

In what year was the Kepler Space Telescope Launched?

Back

2009

Front

What was the name of the first satellites that were launched by the United States?

Back

Explorer

Front

A telescope designed to observe a band of radiations within the electromagnetic spectrum (visible, gamma rays, x-rays, infrared)

Back

Space Telescope

Front

Has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed

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Reflecting Telescope