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Telescopes on the earth suffer from the fact that the light coming from the stars has to pass through which medium Air , Space , Water Sea

Telescopes on the earth suffer from the fact that the light coming from the stars has to pass through which medium Air , Space , Water Sea
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Telescopes on the earth suffer from the fact that the light coming from the stars has to pass through which medium

Air , Space , Water Sea

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It’s is air because it causes it to bend
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Air. The different densities and temperatures of air cause light to seemingly bend. This distorts the image pretty bad. That’s why Hubble was sent into space, to ignore the problem with the atmosphere.
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