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== == Newton did not invent the reflecting telescope. The first reflecting telescope is credited to Niccolò Zucchi in 1616. In 1668, Isaac newton made significant improvements to the design resulting in a much improved reflecting telescope that still bears his name, the "Newtonian reflector." He did it because the refracting (lens) telescopes of the day suffered severe color aberration. (Different focal lengths of different colours of light resulting in a blurred image because all the colours can't be brought into focus at the same time.) Reflecting telescopes do not suffer from color aberation and Newton's improvements made them effective observing instruments. Although the colour aberration of refractors was partially solved by the invention of the achromatic lens in 1733 Newton's design remains in use to this day.

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Newton solved the problem of using an eyepiece with a reflecting telescope by using a mirror as an objective to create an inverted image , or else a person's head would have been needed to be in the telescope tube.

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newton was able to invent designs that were so far ahead of their time that no one could actually make one.

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He invented the reflecting telescope to prove that his theory on lights was true.

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he did not invent the telescope, its galileo who invented the telescope

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