Astronomical Telescopes

Contents

• What is a telescope?
• How they work:
  • Follow the light through a telescope using Ray Diagrams.
  • What Instruments are used?
  • What is image data?
• Where are the best places for telescopes?
  • The problems with the Atmosphere.
  • What is Astronomical seeing?
  • What causes light pollution?
  • Satellite telescopes.
  • A virtual tour of the Telescopes of the World.
• Information about Space Probes.
• A Glossary of terms.