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VisibleLightisonlypartoftheElectromagneticSpectrum
2. InfraredisbelowVisibleLightwithlongerwavelengthsthanVisible
3. UltravioletisaboveVisibleLightwithshorterwavelengthsthanVisible
4. ElectromagneticRadiationisoscillatingwavesatdifferentlengthsand
frequencies
5. VisibleLightisseenfromamasslessparticlecalledaphoton
6. Wavelengthisthedistancebetweentwopeaksofawave
7. ThelongestwavelengthsareRadioWaves
8. TheshortestwavelengthsareGammaWaves
9. EachTelescopecanbemodifiedorarespecializedtoseenormallynon-visible
wavelengthsoflight
10. OrbitalTelescopescancaptureUVandXraysthatnormallyareabsorbedbythe
atmosphere
11. OriginalTelescopeswereRefractors,GatheringandFocusinglighttoasingle
pointtobeseen.
12. RefractingTelescopeshaveasizelimithowever,duetotheeffectsofgravity
affectingtheglassandrenderingitunabletofocusproperly
13. Mirrorsintelescopeslaterbecameavailableasanotheroptionfortelescopes,
ratherthanfocusinglensesofglass.
14. ActiveOpticsisaprocessofchangingtheshapeorfigureofamirrorveryslowly
15. Earth'sAtmosphererefractsthelightcomingfromspace,whichneedtobe
accountedforbyAdaptiveOptics
16. Aspectrographisaninstrumentthatseparatesincominglightbyitswavelength
17. ACCDisacamerathatisusedtocapturespectra,amongotherthings
18. FalseColorsareusedtocolorimagesfromothernon-visiblewavelengthsto
convertitintovisiblelight
19. Infraredisemittedbyheat.
20. RadioTelescopesusedishestobouncewavesandconcentratethemintoasingle
focalpoint
21. HighResolutionRadioTelescopesaren’tlarger,butacollectionofsmall
telescopeswithalltheirsignalscombined
22. AngularResolutionis thesmallestareaoverwhichwecantellthattwodotsor
twostarsaredistinct.