retired non-optical telescopes put to use as optical telescopes? |
retired non-optical telescopes put to use as optical telescopes? |
 Feb 29 2008, 04:31 PM
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I am wondering.
When space based telescopes like IR telescopes, ones used for astrometry, or planet hunting end their mission lifespan or use up mission critical expendables likes coolant, can they be converted to be used as regular optical telescopes? Telescopes like Spitzer and Kepler still have mirrors and regular CCD cameras right? |
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paranoid123 retired non-optical telescopes put to use as optical telescopes? Feb 29 2008, 04:31 PM
nprev I kind of doubt that they have "regular... Feb 29 2008, 04:47 PM dvandorn Designs can be quite dissimilar. Chandra, for exa... Feb 29 2008, 05:05 PM
Del Palmer QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 29 2008, 05:05 PM) ... Feb 29 2008, 11:23 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Feb 29 2008, 05:23 PM... Mar 1 2008, 04:00 AM NGC3314 Something of the sort happened when WIRE's cry... Feb 29 2008, 05:44 PM siravan AKARI (Astro-F), JAXA's IR telescope has this ... Feb 29 2008, 09:09 PM siravan Based on ACIS website (Chandra's Imagings Spec... Mar 1 2008, 05:05 PM  |
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