Telescopes: Crash Course in Astronomy #6

Telescopes: Crash Course in Astronomy #6

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Telescopes: Crash Course in Astronomy #6
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Today, Phil explains how telescopes work and offers some astronomical buying tips.

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Chapters:
Presentation 00:00
How do telescopes work? 0:47
Refraction 2:50
Magnification 3:48
Resolution 4:28
Reflectors 5:19
What type of telescope should you buy? 6:19 a.m.
Technology and light spectrum 7:45
Review 11:14


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PHOTOS/VIDEOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei#mediaviewer/File:Justus_Sustermans_-_Portrait_of_Galileo_Galilei,_1636.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_eye#mediaviewer/File:Human_eye_with_blood_vessels.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refracting_telescope#mediaviewer/File:Refractor_Cincinnati_observatory.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Positive_lens_2.svg
http://www.eso.org/public/images/yb_vlt_moon_cnn_cc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter#mediaviewer/File:Jupiter_MAD.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_and_Planetary_Camera#mediaviewer/File:Hubble_Images_of_M100_Before_and_After_Mirror_Repair_-_GPN-2002-000064.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prime_focus_telescope.svg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inspection_of_the_primary_mirror_of_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope8218871.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui6ernRFxOg#t=2m22s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel#mediaviewer/File:William_Herschel01.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Canyon_National_Park,_23_Annual_Star_Party_2013_-_0082_-_Flickr_-_Grand_Canyon_NPS.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:EM_spectrum.svg#mediaviewer/File:EM_spectrumrevised.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqX9vLj3_7w#t=4m52s
http://pprc.qmul.ac.uk/~still/wordpress/?page_id=138
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VERITAS#mediaviewer/File:MMT_FLWO_Amado_AZ_10359.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophotography#mediaviewer/File:Henry_Drape_Orion_nebula_1880_inverted.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophotography#mediaviewer/File:Orion-Nebula_A_A_Common.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIA18593-Mars-CometSidingSpring-NEOWISE-20140728.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-HS201427a-HubbleUltraDeepField2014-20140603.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Jupiter_and_its_shrunken_Great_Red_Spot.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Chromatic_aberration_3.svg/2000px-Chromatic_aberration_3.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/The_Whirlpool_Galaxy_%28M51%29.jpg
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/image/a/

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