ASTR 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hubble Space Telescope, Perkinelmer, Active Galactic Nucleus

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Astronomy
• Course: ASTR 111
• Professor: Rebecca Ericson

Document Summary

The hubble space telescope was launched on april 24, 1990. It was launched into low earth orbit remains in operation. Its orbital height is 347 mi its speed on orbit is 4. 66 miles/s it has a power of 2,800 watts. Lockheed missiles and space company and perkinelmer are the manufacturers. this space telescope cost 2. 5 billion us dollars. The hubble has a 2. 4-meter it can observe in the near ultraviolet light. Nasa"s hubble space telescope provides the clearest views of the universe yet obtained in optical astronomy. The hubble was built to discover how old the universe is.