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Telescopes and spectrographs
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This unit looks at how telescopes and spectrographs are designed to improve...
This unit looks at how telescopes and spectrographs are designed to improve our ability to observe the universe. You will examine how different technologies have been developed over the last four hundred years to enable us to look deep into space.
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
- understand the application of basic principles in geometrical optics;
- appreciate the phenomena relating to the wave nature of light.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Published on: Friday 27th May 2011
- Level: Intermediate
- Posted under: Science
Learning outcomes
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
understand the application of basic principles in geometrical optics;
appreciate the phenomena relating to the wave nature of light.
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