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How do land based telescopes differ from telescopes in space????

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I was wondering what the difference is between land and space based telescopes. What makes them different from eachother??:confused:

The principles behind them are the same, but there are advantages to each. Land-based telescopes are bigger, cheaper, and easier to maintain, for obvious reasons. Space-based telescopes, however, have the huge advantage of not having to look through the Earth's atmosphere, meaning they can get much clearer pictures and much less interference.

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Thats the only difference? Cant they see more into the galaxy like the hubble can see more into the galaxy then land based ones right?

Indeed. However, there are fancier, newer land-based telescopes with arrays of smaller mirrors that can be adjusted to compensate for the atmosphere's effect. This means that a land-based telescope could be just as good as any space-based one, although the technology is still developing.

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What can it see that a land telescope cant see though? I heard something about how stars are born and how they die..:confused:

Another advantage of being in space is that the atmosphere tends to filter out large bands of the EM spectrum, so you can observe fequencies/wavelengths with a space-based telescope that you can't see on the ground.

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Thanks for all the information, i understand it better now:-)

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