How Telescopes work in 7 steps 1 st point the tele- scope at the star or area of sky you want to look at 2 nd 6 lasers (in the case of GMT) are pointed at the star and used as a “guiding star” to test how much atmospheric disturbance is present that the telescope must compensate for 3 rd the telescope’s mirrors are adjusted to compensate for the now known levels of atmospheric disturbances 4 th with the mirrors in place the desired object is now at its clearest possible attainable visual from earth 5 th the 7 larger mirrors then reflect the visuals up to their smaller 7 sister mirrors 6 th the 7 smaller mirrors collect the images 7 th the collected image is then reflected back down through the center large mirror to a camera where the image is captured as one visual Brght to y by the Univsity of Ariza The university that discovered 52% of all known near-Earth objects
1stpoint the tele-scope at the star or area of sky you want to
look at
2nd6 lasers (in the case of GMT) are pointed at the star and
used as a guiding star to test how much atmospheric disturbance is
present that the telescope must compensate for
3rdthe telescopes mirrors are adjusted to compensate for the now
known levels of atmospheric disturbances
4thwith the mirrors in place the desired object is now at its
clearest possible attainable visual from earth
5ththe 7 larger mirrors then reect the visuals up to their
smaller 7 sister mirrors
6ththe 7 smaller mirrorscollect the images
7ththe collected image isthen reected back downthrough the
center largemirror to a camera wherethe image is captured asone
visual
Brght to y
by
the Univsity
of Ariza
The university thatdiscovered 52% of all known near-Earth
objects
