Lenses and Telescopes

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written by Tim P. Slater

In this laboratory activity, students learn about lenses and telescope construction. Students will describe the nature of convex lenses, measure the focal length of several lenses, describe real and virtual images, and construct a simple refracting telescope in this activity.

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Astronomy Education - Instrumentation = Telescopes Optics - Geometrical Optics = Optical Instruments = Thin Lens	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Laboratory

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- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - Laboratory	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

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Keywords:: Keplerian, lenses, telescope
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created March 4, 2004 by Patricia Monahan
Record Updated:: August 13, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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