How Telescopes Work

howtelescopes-01.jpg

This guide describes how telescopes work. Telescopes are the fundamental tool in observational astronomy, and understanding their capabilities and limitations is central to understanding what we can learn from them. 

SpaceBook home

In this Chapter

  1. Refracting Telescopes
  2. Radio Telescopes
  3. Spectroscopy
  4. Image Quality and Calibration
  5. Reflecting Telescopes
  6. Introduction to Photometry
  7. Robotic Telescopes
  8. Telescope Mounts
  9. Photography Revolutionizes Observations
  10. Robotic Telescope Networks
  11. Space Telescopes
  12. CCDs

Recent LCO Highlights

People of LCO

Todd Henderson

announcement

Apply to be a 2021 Global Sky Partner

People of LCO

Carole East

news

LCO Scientists Use Supernovae to Make a New Measurement of the Hubble Constant

news

HI STAR Student Program in Maui Excels in Research