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Ptolemy never saw a telescope. The first telescopes were invented about 1500 years after Ptolemy died.
Concave means bulging inward - reflecting telescopes use this sort of mirror. The first telescope designed to use one was invented by Isaac Newton and they are therefore called "Newtonian" telescopes.
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The first telescopes actually came from China. Galileo of Italy perfected a telescope in the 1600's.
Telescopes are instruments used by astronomers. The first person to do this was Galileo.
all telescopes use a mirror.
Around 1608.
Radio telescopes; however, radio telescopes ARE degraded in bad weather. Electrical storms can damage them, and rain in the dish can attenuate the received signal.
Radio telescopes detect stars known as 'Pulsars'. They're very small and also known as neutron stars.
Yes. It takes energy to move them in the correct direction. In home telescopes, this is done by hand (energy from your muscles), in large telescopes they use some kind of motors to do that.
Celestron telescopes may be bought at the official website of Celestron. They describe the process in how to buy one's first telescope on this website and have a wide range of telescopes to select from.
the 17th century