PPT-Space Exploration Topic 4: Bigger and Smarter Telescopes

History In 1773 Herschel invented a large reflecting telescope and discovered Uranus This was the first new planet In late 1800s Kuiper found methane gas in Saturns moon with the largest . Than a 6. th. Grader. Are You Smarter . Than a 6th Grader?. Are You Smarter Than a . 6th Grader?. 1,000,000. 5th Level Topic 1. 5th Level Topic 2. 4th Level Topic 3. 4th Level Topic 4. 3rd Level Topic 5. Big Science: Big Telescopes. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre. Contents. Part 1: Gravity on Earth. Mass or weight?. The strength of Earth’s gravity. Part 2: Big Telescopes. How do we see space?. Part 3: Gravity in Space. Telescopes. Key Concepts. What are the regions of the electromagnetic spectrum?. What are telescopes and how do they work?. Where are most large telescopes located?. Telescopes - Key Terms. Telescope. Telescopes were first invented around the year 1600. . Galileo . Galilei was an early astronomer who first used telescopes to view objects in our solar system. . He . made many important discoveries including: the moon was covered in mountains and Jupiter had 4 large moons.. Jon Holtzman. NMSU Astronomy. Telescopes are light buckets: bigger buckets collect more light, and faint (far away) objects don’t produce much light!. Why build bigger telescopes?. In principle, bigger telescopes make sharper images:. Optical Telescopes. Ground based and on satellites. Observations are recorded using a camera instead of the human eye most times. . This is so we can separate colors into light and using times to study changes over time.. Created by . 8. grade, school . №. 7. , . Korolyov. , Russia. Sponsoring teacher Margarita . Astakhova. Contributions from . countries: teachers:. Types of Telescopes. A telescope collects light over a large area and focuses it in a . small area where it can be viewed with an eye or a camera. This can be done in 2 ways:. Refracting Telescopes. 3.01 Historical Solar System Models. The early models of the solar system were based on philosophy and religion. Philosophers spent their time discussing and debating how the universe looked. We must remember:. Agenda. Turn in Displacement Lab work. Turn in Permission slips. Notes on . Studying Space & . Exploring . Space packet. Studying space from Earth. Tele. = distance. Scopos. = to watch. Light and radiation (energy in the form of waves that travel through empty space). . Requires the best from all of us. William H. . Gerstenmaier. Human Exploration and Operations . Directorate. National . Aeronautics and Space Administration. Our Goal. The nation. ’. s goal for . Agenda. Turn in Displacement Lab work. Turn in Permission slips. Notes on . Studying Space & . Exploring . Space packet. Studying space from Earth. Tele. = distance. Scopos. = to watch. Light and radiation (energy in the form of waves that travel through empty space). . Rationales . and Approaches for a . U.S. . Program of . Human . Space Exploration. Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. . Jonathan I. Lunine. . Co-chairs. Committee on Human Spaceflight. “. The United States has publicly funded its human spaceflight program on a continuous basis for more than a half-century. Today the U.S. is the major partner in a massive orbital facility—the International Space . Before, you learned. • Light and other radiation carry information about space . • Astronauts explore space near . Earth. Now, you will learn. • How space exploration has helped us to learn more about Earth .