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What are the two most important jobs a telescope does?
AMagnify light and store it
BCollect light and focus it
CSplit light and record it
DWarm light and steady it
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Collect light and focus it
1. Most objects astronomers study are far too faint for the eye alone.
2. A telescope first acts as a bucket that gathers the faint light.
3. It then brings all that light to a focus so it forms an image.
4. Magnifying is the job of the eyepiece, and recording is the job of the detector.
_Source: OpenStax Astronomy (CC BY 4.0), section 6.1 Telescopes_
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