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What does an eyepiece lens act like?
It acts as a focal lens on a telescope or microscope, to magnify the image created by the primary or objective lens.
Are lens part of a telescope?
-- A refracting telescope must have a lens, otherwise it's not a refracting telescope. -- A reflecting telescope can be constructed without any lens, but if you intend to look through it, then you'll use a little lens for the eyepiece.
What does the simplest optical telescope contain?
It contains an objective lens and a lens in the eyepiece of the telescope.
Was the telescope created by accident?
The first telescope was invented by Hans Lipperhey , a Dutch lens grinder, in 1609 when he combined two lenses.
How are reflecting and retracting telescopes different?
A reflecting telescope is different from a refracting telescope because a reflecting telescope uses a concave lens, a plane mirror, and a convex lens. While a refracting telescope uses two lens.
What is the lens that is the larger lens in a refracting telescope?
The "objective" lens (as opposed to the eyepiece).
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.
Nib is to pen as lens is to what?
Telescope
What is the name of the large lens at the end of a telescope?
One end of a reflecting telescope is the big hole pointed at the star. The other end of the reflecting telescope has a lens called an eyepiece.
Compare the functions of the objective lens in a telescope and a microscope?
The objective lens in a microscope is mainly used to magnify an object. In a telescope, the objective lens is mainly used to gather light.
What does EQ means on a telescope lens?
EQ indicates that the telescope has an Equatorial mount
What do you call a telescope that uses a lens to focus light?
It is called a refracting telescope.
