The Hubble Space Telescope detects electromagnetic energy in the ...

Question

The Hubble Space Telescope detects electromagnetic energy in the wavelength range 1.15 * 10-7 m to 2.0 * 10-6 m. What region of the electromagnetic spectrum is found completely within this range? What regions fall partially in this range?

Accepted Answer

Hey everyone, we're told that the main telescope of the James webb telescope can detect electromagnetic radiation in the range of six point oh times 10 to the negative seven m to 2.8 times 10 to the negative five m identify the regions of the electromagnetic spectrum this range falls into. So let me go ahead and pull out a chart so we can easily identify this. And looking at are wavelength, we can see that that 6.0 times 10 to the negative seven m To our 2.8 times 10 to the -5 m is going to be within this region. So looking specifically into these regions, if we look at our six point oh times 10 to the negative seven m, this is going to be in our orange visible region. And looking at 2.8 times 10 to the -5 m. This is going to be in our infrared region. Now looking at our answer choices, it looks like this matches answer choice A which tells us that this range is within the visible to infrared region. Now, I hope that made sense. And let us know if you have any questions

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