i am trying to research telescops and am trying to look at the differnece between radio and satelite telescopes, but im really confused.
Ill be greatful for any help!
A radio telescope is more of a radio than it is a telescope. It is just a big, very sensitive radio receiver connected to a (usually large) radio antenna. The only thing "telescope" about it is that it is used to observe the stars--or more correctly, it is used to observe radio sources in outer space. The radio and the antenna are both designed to receive the signals that are of interest to the astronomer using the radio telescope.
I have never heard the term satellite telescope, perhaps you are refering to something like the Hubble Space Telescope, which is a "normal" telescope in a satellite. Normal is in quotes because there's nothing normal about it, except when it comes right down to it, it's just a telescope...a very expensive one, but if we had not sent it into orbit, we could have rigged it up here on earth and put an eyepiece in it and looked at the stars, just like any other telescope. The HST does have some gadgets and gizmos other than the basic telescope to look at the stars with, and it has transmitting equipment, antennas, computers, and guidance equipment and so on so astronomers can control it.
A radio telescope is more of a radio than it is a telescope. It is just a big, very sensitive radio receiver connected to a (usually large) radio antenna. The only thing "telescope" about it is that it is used to observe the stars--or more correctly, it is used to observe radio sources in outer space. The radio and the antenna are both designed to receive the signals that are of interest to the astronomer using the radio telescope.
I have never heard the term satellite telescope, perhaps you are refering to something like the Hubble Space Telescope, which is a "normal" telescope in a satellite. Normal is in quotes because there's nothing normal about it, except when it comes right down to it, it's just a telescope...a very expensive one, but if we had not sent it into orbit, we could have rigged it up here on earth and put an eyepiece in it and looked at the stars, just like any other telescope. The HST does have some gadgets and gizmos other than the basic telescope to look at the stars with, and it has transmitting equipment, antennas, computers, and guidance equipment and so on so astronomers can control it.