Download Karl Jansky Radio Telescope

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How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
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How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
Travelers driving through the sparsely populated outlands near Socorro, New
Mexico, may see the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio telescopes – all 27 of
them – and get a distinctly “X-Files” feeling from the remote research station.
As it turns out, it’s not all top secret. Visitors can book a tour of the astronomy
lab and see some of the amazing images the teams there are capturing.
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
1
Image Search
Use Bing search to locate images of the Karl Jansky radio telescopes
2
Web Search
What is an “array” and how does it apply to the Karl Jansky radio telescopes? Why is an array
necessary for the telescopes?
3
Web Search
How does a radio wave record images from space?
4
Web Search
With instruments like the Hubble Telescope that capture photographs from space, why are
radio telescopes still important?
5
Thinking
How is our understanding of the universe limited by measuring from or near a single point of
reference (earth)?
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
5
Minutes
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
1
Image Search
Use Bing search to locate images of the Karl Jansky radio telescopes
2
Web Search
What is an “array” and how does it apply to the Karl Jansky radio telescopes? Why is an array
necessary for the telescopes?
3
Web Search
How does a radio wave record images from space?
4
Web Search
With instruments like the Hubble Telescope that capture photographs from space, why are
radio telescopes still important?
5
Thinking
How is our understanding of the universe limited by measuring from or near a single point of
reference (earth)?
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
1
Image Search
Use Bing search to locate images of the Karl Jansky radio telescopes
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
2
Web Search
What is an “array” and how does it apply to the Karl Jansky radio telescopes? Why is an array
necessary for the telescopes?
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
3
Web Search
How does a radio wave record images from space?
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
4
Web Search
With instruments like the Hubble Telescope that capture photographs from space, why are
radio telescopes still important?
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?
5
Thinking
How is our understanding of the universe limited by measuring from or near a single point of
reference (earth)?
How do radio waves help us to have a better
understanding of space?