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Q: Is refracting telescopes bigger then reflecting telescopes?
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What are reflecting and refracting telescopes designed for?

Light is found by reflecting telescopes and refracting telescopes are used to dected sound


How are reflecting and refracting telescopes different?

reflecting telescopes have concave lenses and refraccting telescopes have convex lenses.


Is the design of radio telescopes very similar to the design of refracting telescopes?

no, reflecting telescopes.


Is the black series telescopes reflecting or refracting?

Retracting.


Compare reflecting and refracting telescopes?

i dont know but ma whatever is wrong but i said what is the difference between refracting and reflecting


Why arent refracting telescopes bigger than reflecting telescopes?

If you are comparing the biggest telescopes in each type, that's because a large refracting telescope needs a huge lens, which gets expensive; also, the lens can't be supported, while a mirror can.


Reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes in having what?

Two large objective lenses.


Reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes in having?

A mirror instead of and objective lens (:


What is better Reflecting or refracting telescopes?

The most serious astronomical research, such as that done by the Hubble Space Telescope, is done with reflecting telescopes.


What is a refracting and a reflecting telescope?

A refracting telescope is a type of telescope that has a large thin lense at the front and a smaller thicker lense at the end where the eyepiece is. Refracting telescopes use lenses unlike reflecting telescopes that use mirrors to reflect the light. This is a good image of a refracting and reflecting telescope: [See related link]


Do astronomers or nasa use refracting telescopes?

Yes, both of them. And they also use reflecting telescopes.


Which telescope is bigger refracting or reflecting?

"To build a large refracting telescope would require very strong supports to hold large enough lenses. These supports would tend to block out important light. So the refracting telescope is limited in its use. Today most large telescopes are reflecting telescopes." ~ BYU Home Study Astronomy course