Description: La extinción atmosférica es la dispersión o absorción de la luz de los objetos celestes que atraviesan la atmósfera terrestre. Los gases atmosféricos permiten la entrada de luz visible y son transparentes a la luz de radio y a parte de la infrarroja, por lo que este tipo de telescopios terrestres son muy utilizados. Para evitar este fenómeno y observar la luz de otras longitudes de onda, algunos telescopios se sitúan más allá de la atmósfera.

Related Terms:

• Atmósfera
• Extinction
• Infrared Astronomy
• Optical Astronomy
• Radio Astronomy
• Interstellar Extinction

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