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How do you make a refracting telescope using simple materials?
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∙ 15y ago
A homemade refraction telescope can be quite simple to build provided one has the materials needed (two twelve inch cardboard tubes, one capable of sliding into the other; two lenses of different focal length; two small pieces of corrugated cardboard; scissors, pencil, razor knife, paint and glue). Use the knife to cut out a circle from the cardboard slightly smaller than the size of each lens. Cut a ring around each hole. Trim each ring to fit within one of the tubes. Glue each lens to the cardboard ring, then glue the lens assembly into the end of each tube. Finally, slide the smaller tube into the larger, and your telescope is complete.
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What other things were developed using the refracting telescope design?
the reflecting telescope was!!
A refracting telescope produce an image using an?
A refracting telescope is a type of optical telescope. It was used in astronomical telescopes and spy glasses. Objective lens are used to produce the image.
Galileos telescope designs using lenses were examples of?
Refracting telescopes :}
Why are mirrors used in a telescope?
Mirrors are used in a telescope because they bounce images off of them instead of bending images like refracting telescopes. This ensures that the image is focuses. If you were using a refracting telescope (no mirror) the colours would be bent at different times making an unfocused image.
Telescope that uses several mirriors to combine and focus light?
A reflecting telescope forms an image by using a combination of curved mirrors to focus light. It was invented as an alternative to the refracting telescope.
What tool did Galileo use to discover things about space?
In his early career: No telescopes. A log to track planets. Sea-faring devices such as the sextant Later in life: In 1609 Galileo started using the telescope on the 'heavens' Kepler used the Galilean telescope until 1611 he re-invented the refracting telescope (now known as the Keplerian telescope)
What kind of telescope uses both a reflecting mirror and a refracting lens to produce wide angle photos of the sky?
A reflecting telescope has both magnifying mirrors and lenses to focus the image on the eyepiece. A refracting telescope uses only lenses to magnify and focus. A reflecting telescope can be much smaller, because the light can travel through the barrel of the telescope several times, being magnified with each reflection. This is why most large modern telescopes are reflectors.
What can make their own food using simple materials?
plant
Did Galileo design refracting telescopes?
Many historians explain that Galileo was the first person to use a telescope. In 1610 Galileo discovered Saturn's rings. He also observed Jupiter's four moons and viewed the different phases of Venus. This lead to the study of sunspots and various celestial activities. Even though Galileo is credited with being the first to make practical improvements and enhancements to the use of the telescope, he was not the inventor, and therefore not the first person to use a telescope. That person would be Hans Lippershey. Hans Lippershey was born 1570 in Germany, but was raised in Holland. He invented the first refracting telescope in 1608. A lens maker, he designed this telescope from two lenses and applied for a patent, intending that it would be important for the military. He successfully demonstrated the usefulness of his refracting telescope to the military.
What are two different types of telescopes?
Refractors and reflectors. One should add the largely Russian-developed Cassegrainean combines features of both systems-called also Maksutov after its Russian inventor who was awarded the Staliln Prize for this feat. They are adapted to (Mirror=Lens) telephoto camera lenses, also.
How do you make a simple telescope?
You can assemble a simple telescope by using two lenses, one weak convex lens (this is thicker at the centre) as the objective and a stronger concave lens ( thinner at the centre) as the eyepiece. then, with simple manipulation you can determine the focal length of your lenses, double this calculation for length of tubing required to mount lenses and assemble a gallilean style telescope. ******* An online visual guide can help you understand what is involved in building a telescope.
What did Galileo dicover by using a telescope?
Galileo discovered stars by using the telescope?
