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A few questions (telescopes mostly).......?

Please help with these, you don't have to answer all of them, just all that you know: 1) The amount of light utilized by a telescope is proportional to the _______ of the _______ of the aperture. 2) The largest aperture telescopes are reflectors because they require a _______ focal length. 3) The problem of a colored halo around an image formed by a simple lens is called _______. 4) True or False: The principle of magnification depends upon the relative area of light admitted into the eyepiece. 5) True or False: Refraction of light is due to the bending of light rays going through different density mediums. 6) What is the f number of a 15 cm diameter, .9 m focal length lens? 7) One parsec is equivalent to about _______ trillion miles. 8) The most advanced astronomical observations indicate that the universe exhibits a(n) _______ which is not _______ by the popular Big Bang theory of origins. Thanks in advance!

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1. 1) size of the opening 2) negative 3) refractive distortion 4) true 5) true 6) 16.5 7) 3.75 8) curvature which is not supported