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Mostly, it doesn't. The only time the Shuttle is in the atmosphere is for about 3 minutes on launch, and most of the exhaust is water vapor.
Most spacecraft that leave orbit and reenter the atmosphere burn up, but this does not contribute much in pollution unless nuclear material makes it to the surface.
The greatest hazard created is that orbital space is now cluttered with debris, making it a more dangerous place to go.
The earth's atmosphere causes star light to shimmer and blur due to the motion of the air above the telescope. The atmosphere filters out a lot of the light. This is why the big observatories are up high e.g. in the Andes. The air is thinner (i.e. less atmosphere), so the stars are brighter and the air clearer.
Air pollution carries many heavy, dense gases (one of them being carbon dioxide). This makes ot difficult to see through it and into the night sky, however not all the gases in Air Pollution affect astronomers vision!
- The difference in the temperature of the layers of the atmosphere keeps refracting light which causes stars to twinkle. This causes problems in astronomical observations
- Due to lights in an around the city, there is a lot of Light Pollution. Hence, the number of stars visible is less.
- In the day, the atmosphere scatters sunlight making the sky appear blue and causing the stars to disappear.
The biggest problems that astronomers face, as scientists, is that they CANNOT do repeatable experiments. They can't (yet!) build a star from scratch and observe its entire life cycle, or perform any real tests, or even go there and perform close-up observations.
Everything that they do is simply observing, from here.
It doesn't effect them; it affects them.The atmosphere absorbs part of the light that goes through it. The main problem, however, is that the atmosphere is moving about all the time; this results in changes (due to small-scale refraction), which severely affect the image quality, compared to a space-based telescope.
The Earths atmosphere scatters, reflects and distorts light from space. This is why stars appear to "twinkle" at night.
Astronomy is mostly concerned with things OUTSIDE the atmosphere.
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Why are telescopes observations better on the moon than on earth?
Observations from Earth-based telescopes are obscured by the atmosphere.
Why should telescopes such as Hubble produce more detailed images than Earth based telescopes?
Telescopes like Hubble produce more detailed images than Earth-based telescopes because they are positioned above Earth's atmosphere, which can distort and blur images. This allows Hubble to capture sharper and clearer images of celestial objects. Additionally, Hubble's location in space enables it to observe wavelengths of light that are absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.
Why are some telescopes placed in orbit around the earth?
because looking through the Earth's atmosphere can distort the incoming light.
Why do you use only two types of telescopes here on earth optical or radio telescopes?
Radiation other than light and radio waves hardly penetrates Earth's atmosphere.
Why can smaller parallax angles be measured by telescopes in Earth orbit?
Earth's atmosphere does not limit a telescope's resolving power.
Scientists on earth Build telescopes on top of ------so the atmosphere doesn't interfere with what they can see?
scientist on earth build telescopes on top of
Why are telescopes observations better on the moon than on earth?
Observations from Earth-based telescopes are obscured by the atmosphere.
Which is the sugnificant advantage of space telescopes comapred with telescopes licated on Earth?
Light enters space telescope without distortion from Earth's atmosphere
Where do scientist put telescopes to avoid interferene from earth's atmosphere?
space
Why do you need to put some telescopes in space?
Telescopes on Earth have to look through the atmosphere (air) which distorts the image. Telescopes in space dont have to look through the atmosphere and so the image is a lot clearer.
Why should telescopes such as Hubble produce more detailed images than Earth based telescopes?
Telescopes like Hubble produce more detailed images than Earth-based telescopes because they are positioned above Earth's atmosphere, which can distort and blur images. This allows Hubble to capture sharper and clearer images of celestial objects. Additionally, Hubble's location in space enables it to observe wavelengths of light that are absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.
Why is it advantageous to have telescopes in space?
The main advantage is that it avoids distortion from Earth's atmosphere.
Why are some telescopes placed in orbit around the earth?
because looking through the Earth's atmosphere can distort the incoming light.
Why are x-ray telescopes and gamma - ray telescopes in space?
The earth's atmosphere doesn't let these rays reach the ground, so the telescopes are placed in orbit where they can receive the rays.
Why do you use only two types of telescopes here on earth optical or radio telescopes?
Radiation other than light and radio waves hardly penetrates Earth's atmosphere.
Why can smaller parallax angles be measured by telescopes in Earth orbit?
Earth's atmosphere does not limit a telescope's resolving power.
Why are big telescopes found on top of mountains?
The Earth's atmosphere provides interference to optical telescopes because the molecules in the air scatter and disrupt light. Many telescopes are placed at high elevation because the atmosphere is thinner and will cause less interference.
