Telescope time is a valuable commodity in astronomy, so astronomers plan their o

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Telescope time is a valuable commodity in astronomy, so astronomers plan their observations carefully. One of the first steps is to choose what type of observation to make Recall that three basic types of astronomical observation are imaging (taking a photograph of an object), spectroscopy (spreading an object's light into a spectrum), and timing (measuring how an object's light varies with time) Sort each of the astronomical questions below into the appropriate bin based on the type of observation you would need to perform to answer it. Each of the following statements describes an astronomical measurement. Place each measurement into the appropriate bin based on the type of telescope you would use to make it.

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Spectroscopy - 2,5,6 Timing - 3,4

Infrared - 2, 6 Visible - 1,4 Xray - 3,5

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