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Which of the following is/are used in telescope?
a) curved mirrors                

b) glasses
c) plane mirrors                   

d) both a and b

d

 The bigger the mirrors or lenses, the.…...light the telescope can gather?
a) less                                    

b) same
c) more                                  

d) independent

c

Which of the following is called optical telescope?
a) visible light telescope

b) UV light telescope
c) reflective telescope     

d) none of these

a

Which of the following is/are used in modern broad spectrum telescope?
a) radio waves     

b) UV, IR and X-Rays
c) Gamma Rays 
d)all of these

d

Space Telescope:

A space telescope or space observatory is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects. Suggested by Lyman Spitzer in 1946, the first operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, OAO-2 launched in 1968, and the Soviet Orion 1 ultraviolet telescope aboard space station Salyut 1 in 1971.


Where the space telescope located to observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects?
a) on earth                                           

b) on moon
c) in space                                             

d) all of these

c