Wednesday, November 11, 2015

WHICH IS THE LARGEST TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD?
   
     
       Two identical telescopes called Keck i and Keck ii are the largest telescopes in the world. each has a segmented mirror 10 M ( 33 feet )in diameter. the telescopes are on Mauna Kea , a mountain in Hawaii.
      The telescope in an optical observatory which stands under a large dome with shutters. the dome and shutters protects the telescope from weather. motors and precision gears keep the telescope pointed in the desired direction as the Earth rotataes.
         Observatories use two principal kinds of optical telescope - reflecting telescope and refracting telescopes. reflecting telescopes use a curved mirror or a set of such mirrors to focus light, and refracting telescope use a system of lenses.


    FACT FILE
      Pluto takes 248 years to orbit around sun !!!! amazingly, this means that not even half a years has elasped on the planet since its discovery in 1930. another strange feature about pluto is that it rotates in the opposite direction from most 

2 comments:

  1. I have a dream to look at the stars through the telescope, if it's a huge one I'll be very glad to feel the sky in my soul and body.Come here to get more cheap essay writing service
    enjoy the world created by God.

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  2. Such powerful telescopes will help our scientists to learn many new things about our galaxy and slightly reveal the veil of secrets about its structure.

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