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Why is the objective lens of a refracting telescope bigger than the objective lens of a microscope?
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Is refracting telescopes bigger then reflecting telescopes?
No
Which is bigger a reflecting or refracting telescope?
There is no single answer to this question. The Cassegrain has a paraboloidal shaped main mirror. The Ritchey-Chrétian has a hyperboloidal main mirror. I have a Schmidt-Cassegrain which has a spherical main mirror. Dall-Kirkham telescopes have an ellipsoidal main mirror. The secondary mirror can have different shapes as well but I won;t get into hose. That's a separate issue.
What is the difference between binoculars and microscope and telescope?
Ha! This is a subtle matter. Both magnify. A microscope magnifies something close to you, while a telescope magnifies something far away. But let's look deeper. Both telescope and microscope have an objective lens that projects an image called a real image. The eyepiece is used to further magnify a portion of the real image. The objective lens of a microscope is designed to produce a real image of something that is close to the lens, and the real image will be larger than the object you are looking at. Suppose it makes an image 10x larger. Then the eyepiece adds magnification. An eyepiece that by itself can magnify something 15x, when used to look at the image from a 10x objective, produces a total magnification of 150x. The objective lens of a telescope is designed to produce a real image of something that is at a much larger distance, and the real image will usually be smaller than the object (usually much, much smaller!). The longer the focal length of the objective, the larger the real image will be. Then it is the ratio between the focal length of the objective and the focal length of the eyepiece that determines the visual magnification. For example, may amateur telescopes use an objective lens or mirror (or some combination) that has a focal length of one meter, or 1000 mm (~40 inches). A common eyepiece focal length is 20 mm (~0.8 inch). 1000/20 = 50x. Large professional telescopes are typically never used for visual observing, but on rare occasions the 200 inch (5 m) Palomar telescope was used visually in the past. Its 55 foot focal length (16.75 m) when used with a 20 mm eyepiece would produce nearly 840x magnification. Both telescopes and microscopes can be used for photography by either putting the film or digital imaging sensor where the real image is in focus on it, or by using a special eyepiece to project an enlarged real image further back, where it might be more convenient to place the camera back with its lens removed.
What telescope lens is more powerful?
A bigger one.
How do you improve the resolution?
Get a bigger telescope. Resolution is proportional to the size of the telescope. But due to the atmosphere, there is a practical limit beyond which it makes no difference what the telescope size is.
How many times bigger does the image appear in a refracting telescope?
That will depend on your telescope power.
What is the difference between microscope and telescope and binoculars?
binoculars u carry around and can see things bigger telescope see things further microscope see things bigger
Which telescope is bigger refracting or reflecting?
"To build a large refracting telescope would require very strong supports to hold large enough lenses. These supports would tend to block out important light. So the refracting telescope is limited in its use. Today most large telescopes are reflecting telescopes." ~ BYU Home Study Astronomy course
What do we call an instrument that makes things look bigger?
Microscope, telescope.
What part of the microscope makes the object bigger?
objective lense
What is the difference between a microscope and a telescope?
A microscope is used to make small things appear bigger.binoculars u carry around and can see things bigger telescope see things further microscope see things biggerwhat
Why arent refracting telescopes bigger than reflecting telescopes?
If you are comparing the biggest telescopes in each type, that's because a large refracting telescope needs a huge lens, which gets expensive; also, the lens can't be supported, while a mirror can.
How many subsystems are in the universe?
Latest data indicates about a thousand, however the bigger the telescope, the better the microscope. Stick around.
Is refracting telescopes bigger then reflecting telescopes?
No
What is the difference in refracting and reflecting telescopes?
A refracting telescope uses a series of lenses to magnify the light - like a simple spyglass, or a pair of binoculars. A reflecting telescope uses a concave mirror to gather light, which comes to focus at a point somewhere out in front of the mirror. It is then reflected sideways by another mirror into an eyepiece, which magnifies it. A refractor gives a bigger, but dimmer view of the distant object. A reflector gives a smaller, but brighter view of it.
Which is bigger a reflecting or refracting telescope?
There is no single answer to this question. The Cassegrain has a paraboloidal shaped main mirror. The Ritchey-Chrétian has a hyperboloidal main mirror. I have a Schmidt-Cassegrain which has a spherical main mirror. Dall-Kirkham telescopes have an ellipsoidal main mirror. The secondary mirror can have different shapes as well but I won;t get into hose. That's a separate issue.
What type of telescope is placed in observatories?
Many types. The Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, above San Jose, CA, has a large refracting telescope. Small college onservatories often contain Dobsonian Reflecting Telescopes, and the bigger observatories generally have several of different types. The biggest ones are all reflecting telescopes.
