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written by
Kevin M. Lee
published by
the Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska
supported by
the National Science Foundation
This collection of questions and resources covers telescopes and astronomical instruments. The questions are designed to be used for in-class student engagement activities. Topics include refraction, reflection, telescopes of different types and focal arrangements, powers of a telescope, CCDs and spectrographs. Flash illustrations are used to help illustrate the concepts being studied.
This is part of a larger collection of similar astronomy modules from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This entire collection covers most of the topics found in most undergraduate introductory astronomy courses.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=8773">Lee, Kevin. UNL Astronomy ClassAction: Telescopes and Astronomical Instruments. Lincoln: Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska, March 30, 2009.</a>
K. Lee, UNL Astronomy ClassAction: Telescopes and Astronomical Instruments (Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2004), <http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/telescopes.html>.
Lee, K. (2009, March 30). UNL Astronomy ClassAction: Telescopes and Astronomical Instruments. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska: http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/telescopes.html
Lee, Kevin. UNL Astronomy ClassAction: Telescopes and Astronomical Instruments. Lincoln: Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska, March 30, 2009. http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/telescopes.html (accessed 20 June 2025).
Lee, Kevin. UNL Astronomy ClassAction: Telescopes and Astronomical Instruments. Lincoln: Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska, 2004. 30 Mar. 2009. National Science Foundation. 20 June 2025 <http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/telescopes.html>.
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Year = {2004}
}
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