What fraction of the night sky do we see with a telescope?

Subject: What fraction of the night sky do we see with a telescope?

Date: Thu Jul 14 17:24:21 2005
Posted by Atinuke
Grade level: 10-12 School: Ghana International School
City: Accra State/Province: Not Applicable Country: Ghana
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1121379861.As

Message:


God bless for doing this for free.
I read in an experiment that after looking through a toilet paper tube, that 
this was 1/144th of the night sky. How was this calculation derived? Please 
explain.
Thank you,
Atinuke

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