The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition)
The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134874364
Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 56EAP

Hubble’s Field of View. Large telescopes often have small fields of view. For example, the advanced camera of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has a field of view that is roughly square and about 0.06° on a side.

  1. Calculate the angular area of the HST’s field of view in square degrees.
  2. The angular area of the entire sky is about 41,250 square degrees. How many pictures would the HST have to take with its camera to obtain a complete picture of the entire sky?

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