Telescope - Telescopes By Spectrum

Telescopes By Spectrum

Telescopes that operate in the electromagnetic spectrum:

Name Telescope Astronomy Wavelength
Radio Radio telescope Radio astronomy
(Radar astronomy)		 more than 1 mm
Submillimetre Submillimetre telescopes* Submillimetre astronomy 0.1 mm - 1 mm
Far Infrared – Far-infrared astronomy 30 µm - 450 µm
Infrared Infrared telescope Infrared astronomy 700 nm - 1 mm
Visible Visible spectrum telescopes Visible-light astronomy 400 nm - 700 nm
Ultraviolet Ultraviolet telescopes* Ultraviolet astronomy 10 nm - 400 nm
X-ray X-ray telescope X-ray astronomy 0.01 nm - 10 nm
Gamma-ray – Gamma-ray astronomy less than 0.01 nm

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