2006-12-02 14:15:55 · 16 answers · asked by aaronjangel 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Oh gawd! YES you can! All you have to do is to arrange the objective lens so that the image of a distant object appears at the focus of your eyepiece. You'll need to extend the length of the tube to l=f1+f2 where f1/f2= focal lengths of objective and eyepiece respectively. The magnification is given by M=f1/f2 and is likely to be small as microscope objectives have very small focal lengths.
I have an instrument of this type -its magnification as a microscope= 25x and as a telescope, about 4x (I think!)
2006-12-02 14:54:23 · answer #1 · answered by troothskr 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes you can, but only with modifications to the tube length. The image would be of a poor quality though.
Like wise, you can use a telescope for a microscope and quite easily if you have the drawtube type of telescope. One would simply have to uscrew the first drawtube that contains the eyepiece and erector lens and bish bosh you have a microscope, low powered, but a microscope.
2006-12-02 14:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by bathsideboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A microscope is designed to greatly magnify a small item.
A telescope is designed to gather weak light from a distant object and enhance it.
Telescopes use a large object lens in order to gather as much light as possible and focus it through the eyepiece. If you tried to use a microscope, and could manage to focus it, it would simply make the object larger, but not brighter.
2006-12-03 00:30:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The microscope cannot be used as a telescope because the apprature of the focal lens of the microscope is small as compared to the eyepiece lens. to veiw distant abjects the focal lens must have a large focal lens with a large lage apprature so that it collects as much light from the distant object as possible.
if you make the focal lens of the microscope large it will definetly act as a microscope.
the only thing that matters is the focal lens.
Small Focal lens = microscope (the appratus will be called microscope).
Large Focal Lens = telescope (the appratus will act as a telescope).
thank you.
2006-12-02 17:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by Ayaz Ali 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Microscopes are designed to focus VERY close, a fraction of an inch or so. They can not be brought into focus on distant objects. Similarly, telescopes can only be brought to focus far away, 50 feet or more in most cases.
2006-12-02 14:36:25 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no even though both have intensifing capacity u can't use a micro as a teles coz a micro can not focus on far off objects
& the electron microscope's capacity is 8*10**8. &a telescope's
27*10**28
2006-12-02 14:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by sandhyavandanam s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The things that a microscope is focused on are usually never more than an inch or so from the lens. It isn't able to focus on anything further away than that.
2006-12-02 14:25:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because microscopes are designed to see very close objects but telescopes are supposed to see objects far away.
2006-12-02 15:30:47 · answer #8 · answered by MukundS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Micro (microscope) meaning small is to look at small things. Tele (telescope) meaning at distant is to look at far away things. It is not possible since optical physics doesn't allow it. It won't be able to focus, etc.. Snell's law and such would be valid...
2006-12-02 14:32:12 · answer #9 · answered by abe_cooldude 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No....Microscope is configured to magnify object closely placed, while telescope is configured to magnify far object. Rays are not parallel in first case while they are almost parallel in second
2006-12-02 14:41:58 · answer #10 · answered by mohaiyuddin soniwala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋