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casperchen82

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A _____ is a piece of glass with thousands of microscopic parallel lines scribed onto its surface to produce a spectrum.
 
  A) grating
  B) charge-coupled device
  C) photometer
  D) spectrograph

Question 2

The main reason for connecting two or more telescopes in an interferometer is to:
 
  A) observe more objects in a shorter amount of time.
  B) improve resolving power.
  C) enhance seeing.
  D) increase diffraction fringes.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B



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