Telescopes
Earth based Visible Telescopes Optical Telescopes See visible light- what we would see Use filters to create colored images
M74- Spiral Galaxy
My 3-Color Image
Multi-Mirror Telescopes Large Binocular Telescope Has two large mirrors set up like binoculars
BYU Observatory David Derrick Telescope 16-inch Reflector Light Pollution
Location! Location! Location!
Orion’s Belt in Visible
Other Wavelengths: Radio Not only the light we see Radio Telescopes must be big Radio waves are much longer than visible light
Very Large Array (VLA)
M51 in Radio
Infrared: SOFIA
Space Telescopes Many wavelengths cannot make it through our atmosphere Must go to space to “see” these wavelengths
Milky Way Center- Infrared
UV: NASA Extreme UV Explorer
Sun in Ultra Violet
X-Ray: Chandra
Crab Pulsar in X-Ray
Gamma-Ray: GLAST
Gamma Ray Burst- Quasar
Most Famous: Hubble
Hubble Deep Field
Composite: Tycho’s Supernova Remnant