Telescopes, instruments and astronomical observatories (continued)

22 Outubro 2020, 08:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

- Reflecting telescopes and variations on their design. Spotlights.
- Active optics
- Comparison of primary mirror sizes and the evolution of their size.
- Criteria for choosing an observatory location.
- Presentation of some of the best observatories in the world: Paranal, Mauna Kea, La Palma
- The great telescopes of the next decade: the Extremely Large Telescopes, E-ELT, TMT and GMT
- Astronomical observations in space. Reasons and presentation of recent ESA missions.
- High energy observations: X-rays and gamma rays