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What is a multiple-mirror telescope?

Newtonian telescope


Does a reflecting telescope gather light with a lens or a mirror?

reflecting telescope gathers light from mirror


What telescope has an eyepiece lens and a mirror?

The telescope described is an optical telescope. If the primary optic is a mirror, it's a reflector, and it the primary optic is a lens, it's a refractor.


Which type of telescope uses a mirror to gather light?

A reflecting telescope.


What type of telescope is the hubble telescope?

The Hubble telescope was a basic reflector telescope with a 94.5 ft mirror. The Hubble collects light though its open end, the primary mirror reflects the light to a secondary mirror that then reflects the light through a hole in the primary mirror to a focal point of the instruments or eyes of the Hubble.


What type of mirror is at the end of a reflecting telescope?

A parabolic mirror, usually. A spherical mirror is also sometimes used, but that requires additional corrections in other parts of the telescope.


What is a telescope that uses one or more mirrors?

multiple-mirror telescope OPTICAL ;p


Is a reflecting telescope cancave or convex?

The telescope is cylindrical. Its primary mirror is concave.


Where can one buy a new mirror for a telescope?

There are a variety of places where one can buy a new mirror for a telescope. The best place to get a replacement mirror is at a online shop that sells telescopes.


At the end of the reflecting telescope is a what mirror?

Orange


Is a Hubble space telescope a space telescope?

No, it isn't. The Hubble Space Telescope is a reflector. It has a primary mirror, and not a primary lens.


What part of a reflecting telescope form the image?

a concave mirror and an angled plane mirror