Ability to detect radio waves is not a property of optical telescopes. Optical telescopes are designed to detect and focus visible light to form images of distant objects in space. Radio telescopes, on the other hand, are specifically designed to detect and study radio waves emitted by celestial objects.
Ability to detect radio waves. Optical telescopes are designed to detect and study light in the optical spectrum, not radio waves.
Not necessarily.
Yes, that is correct.
Yes, that's correct. The longer wavelengths of radio waves mean that radio telescopes have poorer angular resolution compared to optical telescopes. This is because resolving power is inversely proportional to the wavelength of the electromagnetic waves being observed.
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Radio telescopes collect radio waves. Optical telescopes capture visible light waves.
Ability to detect radio waves. Optical telescopes are designed to detect and study light in the optical spectrum, not radio waves.
No they are not bigger then radio telescopes at all.
Not necessarily.
They are optical telescopes.
Yes, that is correct.
Radio telescopes collect radio waves. Optical telescopes capture visible light waves.
Basically, the catadioptric telescope is just one of the 3 main types of the optical telescopes.The other 2 main types of optical telescopes are the refracting telescopes and the reflecting telescopes.
Researchers use all of these: -- optical telescopes -- radio telescopes -- x-ray telescopes -- infra-red telescopes -- ultraviolet telescopes
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As far as I know, there is no "optical radio telescope". There are, separately, optical telescopes (which work with visible light), and radio telescopes (which work with radio waves).