Multiple Choice
For optical telescopes, we want light to reflect from the mirror more or less back along the direction of incidence. If we are detecting radiation that strikes the mirror at a grazing angle, then we are observing:
A) radio waves.
B) ultraviolet waves.
C) x rays.
D) gamma rays.
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