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The Universe at a Glance

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Chapter 2: Light and Telescopes

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A blackbody emits all its radiation at a single frequency.

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Earth's atmosphere is transparent to all forms of electromagnetic radiation.

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The peak of an object's emitted radiation occurs at a frequency determined by the object's temperature.

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Imagine an emission spectrum produced by a container of hydrogen gas. Changing the amount of hydrogen in the container will change the colors of the lines in the spectrum.

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The wavelengths of the emission lines produced by an element are different from the wavelengths of the absorption lines produced by the same element.

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As a rule, larger telescopes can detect fainter objects.

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An object having a temperature of 300 K would be best observed with an infrared telescope.

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Visible light is a particular type of radiation and travels through space in the form of a .

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A ( wave, period, wavelength, amplitude ) is characterized by its ( wave, period, wavelength, amplitude ), the length of time taken for one complete cycle; its ( wave, period, wavelength, amplitude ), the distance between successive wave crests; and its ( wave, period, wavelength, amplitude ), which measures the size of the disturbance associated with the wave.

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A wave's counts the number of wave passing a given point in one second.

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    frequency
    crests

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A beam of white light is bent, or , as it passes through a prism.

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Different frequencies of light are refracted by different amounts, splitting light into its component colors: the spectrum.

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The color of visible light indicates its wavelength: red light has a ( longer, shorter ) wavelength than blue light.

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The entire spectrum consists of (in order of increasing frequency) , , , , , and .

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    electromagnetic
    radio waves
    infrared radiation
    visible light
    ultraviolet radiation
    X-rays
    gamma rays

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The of an object is a measure of the speed of its component particles.

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The intensity of radiation of different frequencies emitted by a hot object has a characteristic distribution, called a , that depends only on the object's temperature.

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A is the characteristic way in which the of radiation emitted by a hot object depends on . The frequency at which the emitted intensity is highest is an indication of the of the radiating object. Also referred to as the .

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    blackbody curve
    intensity
    frequency
    temperature
    Planck curve

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A ( telescope, spectroscope, interferometer ) is a device for splitting a beam of radiation into its component frequencies and displaying them on a screen or detector for detailed study.

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Many hot objects emit a continuous of , containing light of all .

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    spectrum
    radiation
    wavelengths

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