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What is the function of lenses in a refracting telescope and mirrors in a reflecting telescope?
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Is the difference between a refracting telescope and a reflecting telescope?
A reflecting telescope uses mirrors while refracting telescopes uses lens. The refracting telescope also had chromatic aberration and bad resolution while the reflecting telescope had none of these.
Which type of telescope uses concave mirrors to increase the size of the image being viewed?
Refracting
What type of telescope uses lenses or mirrors to gather focus light energy?
the reflecting telescope uses mirrors and lenses. The refracting telescope does not include the mirrors.
What is a refracting and a reflecting telescope?
A refracting telescope is a type of telescope that has a large thin lense at the front and a smaller thicker lense at the end where the eyepiece is. Refracting telescopes use lenses unlike reflecting telescopes that use mirrors to reflect the light. This is a good image of a refracting and reflecting telescope: [See related link]
What type of telescope uses lenses or mirror to gather and focus energy?
the reflecting telescope uses mirrors and lenses. The refracting telescope does not include the mirrors.
What is the difference between a reflecting telescope and a refracting telescope?
A reflecting telescope uses mirrors while refracting telescopes uses lens. The refracting telescope also had chromatic aberration and bad resolution while the reflecting telescope had none of these.
What are some of the advantages of reflecting telescopes over refracting telescopes?
Size... a reflecting telescope with the same power as a refracting telescope is much shorter. This is because, in the reflecting telescope, the incoming light is bounced off mirrors (often more than once) which means the physical length is much shorter than an equivalent refracting model.
What telescope collects light with a mirror?
The type of telescope is called a reflector. There are multiple subtypes of reflectors like a dobsonian, newtonian, RC, etc. Check out my youtube video on how to work with pictures taken from a telescope. youtu.be/M7-vLeVhM9g
What type of telescope concave mirrors to gather light and view the image?
Reflecting telescope. Most useful reflectors are compound types, combining a system of mirrors and lenses, such as the Newtonian and Cassegrain.
Which type of telescope did Galileo turn skyward in 1610?
Galileo used a reflecting telescope. A reflecting telescope uses two mirrors, one facing the sky, and one reflecting the light from the first mirror
What is the difference between refracting telescopes and reflecting telescopes?
Hi , A reflective scope uses mirrors to focus the image and the light while a refractive scope uses curved glass lenses to focus the light and the image. Generally the reflector telescope is better for deep sky viewing and the refractor is better for lunar and planetary viewing. You can also find a compound telescope which uses both glass and mirrors which is better for general viewing. This site very good for info and purchase http://www.tejraj.com/index.html Contact Me: http://notesonline.co.in/mail.asp
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.
