Telescopes Concept

Demonstrations in Telescopes

Infrared camera display panel wrapped in clear plastic with blue tape on edges, sitting on a table
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Infrared Astronomy

Shows how IR imaging reveals objects invisible to optical cameras and penetrates fog/dust clouds that block visible light. Students learn why IR telescopes are essential for observing cool objects, star-forming …
Heavy metal cylindrical X-ray mirror assembly with two main sections joined by flanges, sitting on a green surface
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X-Ray Focusing Mirror

A Wolter Type I grazing-incidence X-ray reflector. Students learn why conventional optics cannot focus X-rays and how paired paraboloidal-hyperboloidal mirrors at grazing incidence achieve X-ray focusing for space telescopes like …