Observatories in space
Observatories in space are used to study celestial objects in many different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Earth's atmosphere degrades, or absorbs completely, most radiation from objects in space, so using satellites is a way of avoiding the effects of the atmosphere.
Credit:Theofanis Matsopoulos/NASA
About the Video
Id: | Observatories |
Release date: | 23 February 2016, 11:16 |
Duration: | 33 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Hubble Space Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Fulldome |