Comments on: How far would the Hubble telescope see if humans and human telescopes were scaled down to the size of bacteria? http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-far-would-the-hubble-telescope-see-if-humans-and-human-telescopes-were-scaled-down-to-the-size-of-bacteria/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Travis http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-far-would-the-hubble-telescope-see-if-humans-and-human-telescopes-were-scaled-down-to-the-size-of-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 Travis Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:54:12 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-far-would-the-hubble-telescope-see-if-humans-and-human-telescopes-were-scaled-down-to-the-size-of-bacteria/#comment-2175 As long as it could pick up at least one photon, its view range would be the same.<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/universities/human-sciences-degree.htm"> Travis</a> As long as it could pick up at least one photon, its view range would be the same. Travis

]]> By: Chuck http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-far-would-the-hubble-telescope-see-if-humans-and-human-telescopes-were-scaled-down-to-the-size-of-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 Chuck Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:58:27 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-far-would-the-hubble-telescope-see-if-humans-and-human-telescopes-were-scaled-down-to-the-size-of-bacteria/#comment-2174 Here are a couple different versions of your answer: Bacteria are about one millionth the length of a human, so if you divided the 13 billion light years that Hubble can see by a million, you would get 13,000 light years. That's about one eighth of our galaxy. Or, you could say that the Hubble would see just as far, because it limited mostly by the age of the universe. Or, you could say the the Hubble wouldn't see anything much at all, because the mirror wouldn't be good enough to get any detail. The size of the mirror on a telescope limits the quality of image you get, and a bacteria-size mirror would just see a blur.<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/universities/culinary-degree.htm"> Chuck</a> Here are a couple different versions of your answer:

Bacteria are about one millionth the length of a human, so if you divided the 13 billion light years that Hubble can see by a million, you would get 13,000 light years. That’s about one eighth of our galaxy.

Or, you could say that the Hubble would see just as far, because it limited mostly by the age of the universe.

Or, you could say the the Hubble wouldn’t see anything much at all, because the mirror wouldn’t be good enough to get any detail. The size of the mirror on a telescope limits the quality of image you get, and a bacteria-size mirror would just see a blur. Chuck

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