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All telescopes work best in the vacuum of space. Aside from that, "where" really is not a great factor compared to other types of telescopes. The distinct advantage of some reflecting telescopes is that they don't suffer from chromatic aberration like refractors do.
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How are reflecting and refracting telescopes different?
reflecting telescopes have concave lenses and refraccting telescopes have convex lenses.
What are reflecting and refracting telescopes designed for?
Light is found by reflecting telescopes and refracting telescopes are used to dected sound
Is refracting telescopes bigger then reflecting telescopes?
No
How are refraction telescopes and reflecting telescopes similar?
they the same
Is the design of radio telescopes very similar to the design of refracting telescopes?
no, reflecting telescopes.
What is better Reflecting or refracting telescopes?
The most serious astronomical research, such as that done by the Hubble Space Telescope, is done with reflecting telescopes.
Russia is given credit for building the largest of these telescopes in 1974?
reflecting telescopes
Are celestron telescopes reflecting telescopes?
They have many other different types of telescopes than just reflecting!!!! I have a refracting telescope myself. They also have other things like binoculars and microscopes
Reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes in having what?
Two large objective lenses.
Reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes in having?
A mirror instead of and objective lens (:
What are the largest reflecting telescopes?
Radio telescopes. I believe the largest INDIVIDUAL radio telescope has a diameter of about 300 meters. Moreover, several of those are often connected to work in unison.
Do astronomers or nasa use refracting telescopes?
Yes, both of them. And they also use reflecting telescopes.
