This is known asprime-focus astrophotography. The camera isattached directlyto the telescope focus draw tube using an adapter. The focal length is determined by the type and size of the telescope’s optical design. The focal length is the ‘magnification’ of the telescope and determines the fi...
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Those gardening skills will be important for long interplanetary space voyages, such as a trip to Mars. Orbiting above the Earth's atmosphere and equipped with special instruments and telescopes, the ISS crew can monitor lots of different things on the planet's surface (like glacier distribution ...
The main engines provide the remainder of the thrust (29 percent) to lift the shuttle off the pad and into orbit. The engines burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, which are stored in the external fuel tank (ET), at a ratio of 6:1. They draw liquid hydrogen and oxygen from the ET...
Some people have a keener appreciation than most at just how arbitrary color can be.Kevin Gill, a developer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, also is an expert atprocessing photos from Mars, Jupiter, Saturnand other parts of the solar system. He has no choice but to twea...
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AI is also being used to try to detect signs of life of a more modest nature, and closer to home. Last year, Nasa's Perseverance rover started collecting samples from the Jezero Crater on Mars, which will, if all goes well, be returned to Earth in several years' time. ...
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Mitchell, Stephanie. How To Draw A Conclusion From Data last modified March 24, 2022. https://www.sciencing.com/draw-conclusion-data-8599906/ As one of the five planets visible to the naked eye, Mars has fascinated humanity since before the advent of writing. The earliest observations merely...