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Binoculars
Use the link to answer the following questions in your journal or notes.
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/binoculars-buying-guide1.htm
- What are the parts of binoculars?
- How do binoculars increase the magnification the lens can provide?
- What is the meaning of the two numbers used in describing binoculars, such as 7 X 40?
This refracting telescope has convex lenses (larger objective lens and smaller eyepiece lens) which gather more light than the eye can collect on its own, refract the light, and form an image of a distant object which is brighter, larger, and clearer than the object being observed.
View from highest point in Texas; 6791 feet above sea level; McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, TX
One of the radio telescopes at McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, Texas
This telescope is located at the highest elevation in Texas (approximately 1 mile).
Drive up to one of the telescopes at UT's McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, Texas
View of surrounding landscape from UT's McDonald Observatory close to Ft. Davis, Texas