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A refracting telescope uses the most direct light path, relying on lenses (rather than prisms and mirrors) to provide a focused image of the night sky.
Its opposite would be the reflecting telescope.
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This telescope uses mirrors to gather and focus light energy?
Newtonian telescope
What is the name of the telescope that uses convex lenses to gather and focus light?
Refracting telescope.
What type of telescope that uses only lenses to collect light to form a image?
simplest possible telescope
What is a telescope that uses an object lens to bend light toward the plane where the image is found?
reflecting telescope
What is the telescope that uses lenses to bring visible light to a focus?
refractor
Which type of telescope uses a mirror to gather light?
A reflecting telescope.
This telescope uses mirrors to gather and focus light energy?
Newtonian telescope
What do you call a telescope that uses a lens to focus light?
It is called a refracting telescope.
What is the name of the telescope that uses convex lenses to gather and focus light?
Refracting telescope.
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.
A telescope that uses a set of lenses to gather and focus light from distant objects?
Refracting Telescope.
What type of telescope that uses only lenses to collect light to form a image?
simplest possible telescope
Telescope that uses an objective lens to bend light toward the plane where the images is formed?
a refracting telescope
Telescope that uses an objective lens to bend light toward the plane where the images is formeds?
a refracting telescope
What is a telescope that uses an object lens to bend light toward the plane where the image is found?
reflecting telescope
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.
What of type telescope uses concave mirrors to focus light and form an image at the focal point?
A reflecting telescope.
