Author Question: List the advantages the Hubble Space Telescope has over ground-based telescopes. What will be an ... (Read 94 times)

kshipps · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

List the advantages the Hubble Space Telescope has over ground-based telescopes.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Some giants and/or supergiants are less dense than air.

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false

helenmarkerine · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The HST is not limited to the atmospheric windows as ground-based telescopes are. It observes almost continuously, while ground-based optical telescopes are restricted mainly to nocturnal observations. The HST lacks seeing distortion, so it can detect fine detail, and because it concentrates light into sharp images, it can detect extremely faint objects.

Answer to Question 2

True