Comments on: If we in theory built a gigantic telescope placed outside the earths atmosphere, could we do the following? http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: dmlex1 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 dmlex1 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:30:18 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/#comment-2633 You would see what was happening on that planet when the light you have collected left the planet. 100 light years away and you would see what happened 100 years ago. A bigger telescopr only allows you to collect more light, not light that hasn't got here yet!<a href="http://www.greatjewelrydesign.com/crystal-322"> dmlex1</a> You would see what was happening on that planet when the light you have collected left the planet. 100 light years away and you would see what happened 100 years ago. A bigger telescopr only allows you to collect more light, not light that hasn’t got here yet! dmlex1

]]> By: ballistictx http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 ballistictx Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:46:44 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/#comment-2632 There is a time delay on every single thing that we see no matter how far away it is, even your own reflection, when you look at your self in the mirror you are seeing yourself appx. 3 nano seconds in the past.<a href="http://www.chefcookingware.com/908"> ballistictx</a> There is a time delay on every single thing that we see no matter how far away it is, even your own reflection, when you look at your self in the mirror you are seeing yourself appx. 3 nano seconds in the past. ballistictx

]]> By: capitalgentleman http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 capitalgentleman Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:44:35 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/#comment-2631 As the speed of light is constant, what we would see would have happened in the past. E.g., viewing a planet on a star 10 light years away (meaning the light takes 10 years to get here) means we are seeing what happened there 10 years ago. Even when the guys went to the moon, there was a delay in communications. Radio goes at the speed of light (3x10^8 m/s), and the moon is about a 1/2 second away. Thus, when we heard "The Eagle has landed," (well, some of us are old enough to remember that!), it had actually happened a 1/2 second before that. This is why remote controlling vehicles on Mars doesn't work - the delays are far too long.<a href="http://www.pdabuyingguide.com/pda-power-options-9128"> capitalgentleman</a> As the speed of light is constant, what we would see would have happened in the past.

E.g., viewing a planet on a star 10 light years away (meaning the light takes 10 years to get here) means we are seeing what happened there 10 years ago.

Even when the guys went to the moon, there was a delay in communications. Radio goes at the speed of light (3×10^8 m/s), and the moon is about a 1/2 second away. Thus, when we heard “The Eagle has landed,” (well, some of us are old enough to remember that!), it had actually happened a 1/2 second before that. This is why remote controlling vehicles on Mars doesn’t work - the delays are far too long. capitalgentleman

]]> By: elfmotat http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/comment-page-1/#comment-2630 elfmotat Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:50:23 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/if-we-in-theory-built-a-gigantic-telescope-placed-outside-the-earths-atmosphere-could-we-do-the-following/#comment-2630 It would depend on what planet we'd be looking at, but there would always be some time dilation.<a href="http://www.premierhomestyle.com"> elfmotat</a> It would depend on what planet we’d be looking at, but there would always be some time dilation. elfmotat

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