Telescopes

toc =SS4: Telescopes=

Introduction:
Stars radiate energy in all directions, and the intensity of that radiation weakens as the distance grows. Telescopes collect radiation that was spread out, and focuses it together on a single spot, so the radiation can be studied in greater detail.

Activities:

 * [[image:SS_SolarOven.png link="Solar_Oven"]] || [[image:SS_Converging.png link="Focal_Length"]] || [[image:SS_HubbleFix.png link="@http://216.162.80.70/videos//50357//chp979494_256.mov"]] || [[image:SS_Hubble.png link="@http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_vid_lookdeep/"]] || [[image:SS_DeepField.png link="@http://hubblesite.org/gallery/tours/tour-hudf/"]] || [[image:SS_OpticalBench.png link="@http://webphysics.davidson.edu/course_Material/Py230L/optics/lenses.htm"]] ||

Conclusion:

 * [[image:BenchmarkQuestion.png height="96" link="@http://share.umasd.org/groups/testcox/wiki/c657d/SS4_Benchmark_Discussion.html"]] || [[image:BenchmarkReflection.png height="96" link="@http://share.umasd.org/groups/testcox/wiki/c657d/SS4_Benchmark_Discussion.html"]] || [[image:BenchmarkDiscussion.png width="206" height="84" link="@http://share.umasd.org/groups/testcox/wiki/c657d/SS4_Benchmark_Discussion.html"]] ||