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An optical telescope is one that is desigend to see light. Other telescopes will observe some other radiation, usually some kind of electromagnetic radiation. This can include anything in the EM spectrum: radio waves, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays.

Watching the Universe in these radiations makes it possible to see some things that are not visible in normal light. For example, far-away objects in our Solar System will not reflect a significant amount of light, but can be visible in infrared.

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