Telescopes for radiation astronomy/Quiz

Radiation telescopes is a lecture and part of the radiation astronomy course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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Quiz
{Yes or No, Optical telescopes use domes as a form of shelter. + Yes - No
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{Complete the text: Match up the radiation letter with each of the detector possibilities below: Optical rays - L Visual rays - M Violet rays - N Blue rays - O Cyan rays - P Green rays - Q Yellow rays - R Orange rays - S Red rays - T multialkali (Na-K-Sb-Cs) photocathode materials { L (i) }. F547M { Q (i) }. F675W { T (i) }. broad-band filter centered at 404 nm { N (i) }. F588N { R (i) }. thallium bromide (TlBr) crystals { O (i) }. F606W { S (i) }. 18 micrometers FWHM at 490 nm { P (i) }. wide-gap II-VI semiconductor ZnO doped with Co2+ (Zn1-xCoxO) { M (i) }.
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{True or False, The Hubble Space Telescope currently uses the Wide Field Planetary Camera (PC-2) with its F492M filter among others for green astronomy. - TRUE + FALSE
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{The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, provides? - students in the United States with free access + the Faulkes Telescope Project - a high-powered robotic telescope in Jamaica - a high-powered robotic telescope in Tasmania - on-site use of two high-powered telescopes - scientific investigations
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{True or False, The Hβ emission line does not appear when the F492M filter is used on the Hubble Space Telescope because its wavelength is 486.1 nm. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope? - a launch location + Kitt Peak National Observatory + a heliostat + a distinctive diagonal shaft that continues underground + a theoretical resolution of 0.07" - NOAA designations
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{True or False, There is a 101-cm telescope at Bisei Astronomical Observatory. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with a Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope? - a launch location + catadioptric + spherical mirror + a corrector plate + correcting chromatic aberration - a positive lens
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{True or False, The first gamma-ray telescope was carried into orbit aboard OSO 3. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Complete the text: An optical system that employs both refractive ({ dioptric (i) }) and reflective ( { catoptric (i) }) elements is called a catadioptric optical system.
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{True or False, The NuSTAR observatory has a 10.14 m instrument focal length for its Wolter I telescopes. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the telescope description with each of the telescope possibilities below: an off-axis Ritchey-Chrétien ultraviolet telescope - J two 10 meter telescopes - K a 188 cm telescope - L - M a 1.6 m f/54 reflecting solar telescope - N ASTRO-1, 0.3-12 keV, 90 eV and 150 eV at 1 and 6 keV, respectively - O 18 micrometers FWHM at 490 nm - P a 101-cm telescope - Q - R - S four 12 m optical reflectors - T { L (i) }. { Q (i) }. { J (i) }. { T (i) }. { N (i) }. { R (i) }. { O (i) }. { K (i) }. { S (i) }. { P (i) }. { M (i) }.
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{True or False, A radio telescope has an aperture. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with an astronomical filter? + enhance the details of celestial objects - catadioptric + a given bandpass - a corrector plate + blocking a specific part of the color spectrum + adjusting the brightness
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{True or False, The Evpatoria RT-70 telescope in the Ukraine is a radar telescope. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: An astronomical interferometer is an { array (i) } of telescopes or { mirror (i) } segments acting together to probe structures with higher resolution by means of { interferometry (i) }.
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{True or False, The Large Binocular Telescope is located at Kitt Peak in Arizona USA. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Complete the text: A comet seeker is a type of { small (i) } telescope adapted especially to searching for comets: commonly of { short (i) } focal length and { large (i) } aperture, in order to secure the greatest { brilliancy (i) } of light.
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{True or False, An astrograph is a telescope designed for the sole purpose of astrochemistry. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Complete the text: The meridian circle is an instrument for { timing (i) } of the passage of stars across the local { meridian (i) }, an event known as a transit, while at the same time measuring their angular distance from the { nadir (i) }.
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Every aspect of a telescope is open to questioning.