Telescopes
Parabolic Mirror
[/caption] Sometimes, in astronomy, the name of a thing describes it well; a parabolic mirror is, indeed, a mirror which…
Infrared Spectroscopy
[/caption] Infrared spectroscopy is spectroscopy in the infrared (IR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is a vital part of…
Who Invented the Telescope
The history of the telescope dates back to the early 1600s. Galileo Galilei is commonly credited for inventing the telescope,…
Altazimuth
Altazimuth is a contraction of altitude-azimuth; in astronomy it most often refers to a type of telescope mount (and is…
What is Cherenkov Radiation?
Cherenkov radiation is named after the Russian physicist who first worked it out in detail, in 1934, Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov…
What are Telescopes?
Early theories of the Universe were limited by the lack of telescopes. Many of modern astronomy's findings would never have…