Telescopes, instruments and astronomical observatories (part III)

25 Outubro 2022, 08:00 André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

- Active optics
- Comparison of primary mirror sizes and the evolution of their size.


- 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.
- Radio telescopes (single dish and interferometry)
- High energy observations: X-rays and gamma rays