Astrosat is India’s first space telescope. The telescope can observe everything from distant galaxies to black holes. Launched September 28, 2015. The ASTROSAT, which weighs 1513 kilograms, orbits the equator at a distance of 650 km from Earth. Astrosat controls ISRO’s Mission Operations Complex (MOX) in Bangalore. The astrosatellite has five payloads (observational instruments) capable…
Finally Hubble space telescope can rest
This area is known as the “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle NebulaIt is the birthplace of many stars.One of the most famous and analyzed astronomical objects is the Eagle Nebula. This nebula is also known as Messier 16 or M16, NGC6611, Star Queen Nebula and The Spire. The nebula is a group of younger…
A space telescope that can observe the universe at the same time in visible light, infrared, ultraviolet and wavelengths.Hubble Space Telescope. It was built by NASA with the help of the European Space Agency.NASA has named the telescope after Edwin Hubble, who discovered that the universe was expanding. Hubble is the only space telescope built…
Pegasus is a constellation near Pisces. 51 Pegasi is a star that is barely visible to the naked eye. It is about 50 light-years from Earth. That is, when we see that star, we see light that traveled five decades ago. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, who…
The James Web Telescope, which is slated to launch in November as a replacement for the Hubble Telescope, is unique in that it’s mainly infrared sensors. While Hubble relies heavily on (and has a small infrared sensor) optical light, this telescope mainly tries to see the universe in high-wavelength infrared. Why is it so popularly…
JAMES WEB SPACE TELESCOPE The desire to know what is going on in the sky dates back to the time of man. So they realized the need for telescopes long ago. Its first structure was designed in 1608 by Hans Lippershey, a spectacle maker. Inspiration from it led to the creation of the Galileo Telescope.As…
