Dealing with telescope magnification and resolution: recreating Galileo’s observations in the lab

We present practical laboratory work for master’s students in photonics. The laboratory session is based on the construction of a telescope, emulating the one used by Galileo Galilei and analyzing the effect of aberrations and other practical limitations on the quality of the image. Different situat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Marzoa Domínguez, Antonio, Vallmitjana Rico, Santiago
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/415375
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/415375
https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.63.7.071412
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telescopes
Aberration
Optical engineering
Lenses
Monochromatic aberrations
Education
Telescopis
Enginyeria òptica
Aberració (Astronomia)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:We present practical laboratory work for master’s students in photonics. The laboratory session is based on the construction of a telescope, emulating the one used by Galileo Galilei and analyzing the effect of aberrations and other practical limitations on the quality of the image. Different situations and configurations are analyzed, and the recreation of historical observations is carried out to generate a debate on the limitations of real telescopes with the students. The impact on the learning procedure of the students is analyzed by means of the results they have obtained during several academic years.