Sentences with phrase «from celestial objects»

Spectra separate the light from a celestial object into its component wavelengths, just as a prism spreads sunlight into the colors of the rainbow.

These struts block some of the surface of the dish, scattering some of the incoming radio waves from celestial objects under study.

(Telescope spectrographs break down the light coming from a celestial object into its individual wavelengths, allowing the identification of atoms or molecules by their unique emission or absorption properties.)

The combined area of all antennas used to collect signals from celestial objects is more than 40 times larger than that available to astronomers using existing submillimeter telescopes.

Rather than using radar equipment to detect astronomical objects, Lovell soon realised that collecting radio emissions from celestial objects offered far more potential for astronomical research.

The direction of polarized waves emitted from a celestial object is related to the magnetic field structure of the object.

«There is no atmosphere on the moon, so unlike Earth, the ultraviolet light from celestial objects can be detected on the moon,» says Jing Wang of the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing, China, who is in charge of the telescope.

«This achievement demonstrates that all the three types of Japanese receivers successfully received radio waves from celestial objects.

The Cassegrain telescope consisted of a primary parabolic mirror, which collected light from the celestial object, and a secondary mirror, which faced the primary mirror and concentrated the reflected light towards the observer by directing it through a hole in the centre of the primary mirror.