Glossary term: Télescope
Description: Un télescope est un dispositif qui collecte les photons (de la lumière visible ou d'autres longueurs d'onde) d'objets éloignés et fournit des informations (par exemple une image) à leur sujet à un observateur. Les premiers télescopes (à partir du début du 17e siècle) utilisaient des lentilles comme éléments optiques (voir télescope réfractaire). Les lentilles étant limitées dans leur taille, pour voir des objets moins lumineux avec plus de détails avec des télescopes plus grands, on a utilisé des miroirs (voir télescope réflecteur) pour focaliser la lumière. Les plus grands télescopes optiques sont des télescopes à réflexion. Au XXe siècle, des télescopes permettant d'étudier d'autres régions du rayonnement électromagnétique ont été inventés. Il existe donc aujourd'hui des radiotélescopes, des télescopes infrarouges, des télescopes à rayons X, etc. Les sources célestes étant peu lumineuses, les astronomes ont tendance à construire des télescopes à grande ouverture pour collecter plus de lumière et atteindre des résolutions angulaires plus fines.
Related Terms:
- Rayonnement électromagnétique
- Télescope infrarouge
- Radiotélescope
- Télescope à réflexion
- Télescope réfracteur
- Résolution angulaire
- Télescope à rayons X
- Lentille
- Miroir
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