Search results for "Optical spectrum" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • (IR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Visible light ranges in ... After Isaac Newton used prisms to split white light into a spectrum ...
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  • in the images of telescopes and other optical instruments. To accomplish ... they always lay in the same place in the spectrum, were an indication of the ...
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  • In computing, sound reproduction, and video, an optical disc is a ... The popularity and rate of adoption of the optical disc medium has ...
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  • light regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Most optical telescopes ... Optical observatories For optical telescopes, most ground-based observatories ...
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  • invisible region of the electromagnetic spectrum, namely, between wavelengths ... radiation, beyond the red part of the spectrum, through an increase in ...
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  • in other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and the great advances in ... could exist with any wavelength, not just optical. Several notable scientists ...
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  • The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic ... The electromagnetic spectrum, shown in the chart, extends from just ...
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  • In optics, a diffraction grating is an optical component with a regular ... * direction of optical axis (optical axis gratings) The grating equation ...
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  • wavelength ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum that are not severely attenuated ... * The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the optical Great Observatory ...
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  • In optical telescopes, quasars look like single points of light (i ... identify the object and obtain an optical spectrum using the 200-inch Hale ...
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  • significantly affect the physical and optical properties (especially the ... visible, and near infrared regions of the spectrum. This type of phenomenon ...
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  • helium was first discovered in the spectrum of the Sun and only later ... various segments of the electromagnetic spectrum, as indicated below. ...
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  • toy which he called the "Artificial Spectrum Top," which became ... From Michael’s “Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions”. ...
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  • However, even at such altitudes, much of the X-ray spectrum is still ... to observe the full range of the X-ray spectrum. Unlike sounding rockets ...
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  • determination of their positions and optical observation of their fading ... HETE-2, it has observed numerous X-ray and optical counterparts to bursts, ...
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  • splitting of white light into a rainbow-spectrum as it passes through a glass ... as rainbows it may also produce peculiar optical phenomena, such as mirages ...
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  • Redshift of spectral lines in the optical spectrum of a supercluster of ... frequencies that are obtained from the spectrum of a stationary light source ...
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  • * Optical or infrared: The individual galaxies of clusters can be studied through optical or infrared imaging and spectroscopy. Galaxy clusters ...
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  • window of frequencies, called the visible spectrum or light, is perceived by ... 039;s law. Light disperses into a visible spectrum as light is shone through ...
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  • devices and is the starting material for optical fibers for the telecommunications ... of the ability of quartz to split light into a spectrum. ...
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