Aliyah Adams Vocabulary Crossword

2. Astronomical tool that gathers light from distant space objects to make them appear larger, brighter, and closer
5. A specialized building or location equipped with telescopes and other scientific instruments to study stars, planets, and other objects in space
7. Smallest individual data point on a digital camera sensor or an astronomical image
10. A piece of curved, transparent material (like glass) or a massive cosmic object that bends and focuses light to create a clearer, magnified image of distant celestial bodies
11. The smallest angle between two close objects that a telescope can still see as two separate things instead of one blurred blob
14. Optical instrument that uses a curved primary mirror to gather and focus light from distant space objects
15. Optical instrument that uses a glass lens to bend and focus light to create a magnified image of distant objects

1. Technique of measuring the brightness, or intensity of light, coming from celestial objects like stars, planets, and galaxies
3. Light-sensitive microchip used in digital cameras to turn starlight and other cosmic light into computer images
4. The separation of light into its different colors or wavelengths
6. Total surface area of a telescope's primary mirror or lens that gathers light from space
8. Telescope design where light reflects off the primary mirror and converges at a single focal point directly in front of the mirror, without bouncing off any secondary mirrors
9. The bending of light from stars and planets as it passes through Earth's atmosphere
12. Scientific term for the twinkling or shimmering of stars
13. Technique that combines light or radio waves from two or more separate telescopes to act like one giant virtual telescope