Jason Kendall's Intro to Astronomy Course

Adjunct faculty in Astronomy at CUNY Hunter

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Module 5: Telescopes: the Tools of Astronomy

07: Space-Based Telescopes

Video References

References for Module 5: Telescopes: the Tools of Astronomy
- Supplement the videos with "OpenStax Astronomy"
  - 6: Astronomical Instruments
- 07: Space-Based Telescopes
  - Herein we learn about some of the more prominent space-based observatories, what they see, and how they do what they do.
  - Astronomical Seeing
  - Balloon-based Astronomy
  - Infrared viewing through smog
  - Hubble's view of M16
  - Hubble's view of the Trapezium
  - Spitzer Space Telescope
  - Spitzer's view of the Dragon's Lair
  - James Webb Space Telescope
  - Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
  - Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
  - Chandra X-ray Observatory
  - Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
  - Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
  - Fermi's Five-year View of the Gamma-ray Sky
  - Gravitational Waves seen by Fermi and others
  - Kepler Space Telescope
  - Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)