What if I told you there was a teapot orbiting the sun, but it's too small to see with the best telescopes?
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I might take the Humanist view and ask what is your evidence of an orbiting teapot and how does it benefit mankind.
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From the earth, the lunar lander subtends an arc of .005 arcseconds, which is about 10 times smaller than the best earth-based telescopes (including Hubble) can resolve. \n\nBut it is possible, using a large telescope, to detect the return of laser light from the corner-refector arrays left on the surface by Apollo 11, Apollo 14, and Apollo15.
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Oh no, you've figured out my hoax!!! You busted me, you're right, its not round. Sorry, I get silly sometimes. If you are at a position when the moon passes directly perpendicular to you relative to the sun's position then you will see a perfect half lit moon. you can simulate this with a big right triangle by taking a golf ball or some other ball and placing it at the  90 degree corner and placing a flashlight at one of the other corners pointing directly at the ball. Now line up your sight from the third corner and you should see a perfect half lit ball. :)
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b) is the correct answer, as others have said. You know, telescopes are a lot easier to understand if you look at a diagram.\n\nYou can find some here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflector_telescope
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You should watch the episode of mythbusters where they try to build a death ray with mirrors and need a focal point, they make a mirrior in a contact sorta shape and the light focases on it. if you could make a solar cell like that maybe it would work. The episode was on all weekend, it might be helpful for some other things too!
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If your telescope has a finder scope (a much smaller telescope mounted on the main telescope) stick with observing objects that you can locate in it. In order to observe more distant objects that you can't see with either your naked eye or the finder scope, you'll need to learn about the celestial coordinate system (right ascension and declination) There are hundreds of fascinating objects that even smaller telescopes can bring into your vision, but can't be easily located without knowing their celestial coordinates and how to locate those coordinates.
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No matter how big or small a telescope is, photons of light still have to touch the 'scope mirror in order to be seen and/or photographed.\n\nIt's interesting, though, to realize that with these big telescopes we're seeing extremely distant objects as though we'd been physically transported thousands of light years closer to them. For example, if you're looking through a 20-power telescope at some galaxy that's 10,000 light years away from Earth, the view through the telescope is as if you're only 500 light years away.\n\nGod is spelled B-I-G B-A-N-G\nPBrax@netscape.com
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Smaller than a refrigerator. It would be a single point. The event horizon surrounding it would be another matter.
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Well you would need light boxes, mirrors and prisms\n\nyou could ask them to do all the things to do with angles of light going through the prisms\n\nand you could ask them to build periscopes\n\nI can't remember my optics very well but if its possible then you could ask them to measure the magnification of the curved mirrors.
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No, I read an article and it said that you need a strong telescope and lots and lots of astronomy experience. I was hoping I'd be able to see it too, but I have neither!
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If nothing else,you can use this but I am not positive.  "A telescope can refract images."
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We'll be watching at my school if it's not cloudy (the weather doesn't look good for the northeast US).  We don't have anything fancy, just an 8" Schmidt-Cass with a solar filter.  If we do get clouded/rained out, then we'll be watching a webcast, projected on the planetarium dome.
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Interesting theory, it's called a doppleganger, and is supposed to be in our exact orbit, just on the other side of the sun so we can never see it.
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Ahhhhhhh...A fledgling Amateur Astronomer!!...WONDERFUL!!\n\nThe first and foremost thing to consider is APERTURE..This is the SIZE of the opening of the telescope...The reason is, except for the moon, astro objects are dim...the larger the aperture, the more LIGHT will be gathered and focused into your eyepiece, so the clearer the image and the higher magnification you can use without blurring.\n\nYou mention a price range of $2000...That much money will buy a GREAT telescope, however, I suggest you start with a less expensive Dobsonian telescope for your first purchase.\nThis will give you some experience, HOURS of enjoyment, and will let you see if you are REALLY interested enough to upgrade to a more expensive piece. Dobsonians ( or NEWTONIAN...Same principle, REFLECTORS ) of good quality can be purchased on E-bay for around $300-$500.\n\nIn the $2000 range, look for a 'Schmitt-Cassegrain' with ' Go-To' electronics...Readily available
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Hi. You are pretty optimistic about the development of science without the wonder of the night sky. Assuming we were still a curious breed and tried to mimic birds then I would suspect the sight of the sun would start a new religion.
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good idea, it should be a small point almost invisible to the naked eye.
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A new=fangled spy-glass.\nWire up your telescope.