light hits tiny microscopic beads or sattelite dishes or cube corner prisms, then light is reflected back to original light source to create glowing effect.
"Optical", in this case, simply means that they work with light.
A reflector telescope collects light with a mirror. The mirror is located at the back of the telescope and reflects the incoming light to a focal point where it is then collected by an eyepiece for viewing.
Those terms are most commonly used for optical telescopes. However, the same design can be used for non-visible frequencies; for example, radio telescopes of the "satellite dish" variety are essentially reflecting telescopes.
It depends on the type of reflecting telescope.
A refracting telescope uses a lens to bend or refract light, focusing it to create an image at the eyepiece. The objective lens captures and bends light to form an image at the focal point, which is then magnified by the eyepiece for observation.
"Optical", in this case, simply means that they work with light.
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A reflector telescope collects light with a mirror. The mirror is located at the back of the telescope and reflects the incoming light to a focal point where it is then collected by an eyepiece for viewing.
A reflecting telescope uses mirrors to gather and focus light, allowing astronomers to see distant objects in space. The primary mirror reflects light to a secondary mirror, which then directs it to the eyepiece or camera. This design helps to reduce distortion and improve image clarity compared to refracting telescopes.
Those terms are most commonly used for optical telescopes. However, the same design can be used for non-visible frequencies; for example, radio telescopes of the "satellite dish" variety are essentially reflecting telescopes.
It depends on the type of reflecting telescope.
A refracting telescope uses a lens to bend or refract light, focusing it to create an image at the eyepiece. The objective lens captures and bends light to form an image at the focal point, which is then magnified by the eyepiece for observation.
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope works by refracting light through 1 meter long frames of glass, put together to form the lens, and uses the light to project images of what that light is coming from.
there is a refractor and a reflector telescope. refrator is the narrow telescope that works just like a maginifying glass and the reflector telescope takes the image from the lense to the mirror in it's side and thus shows a image. both have their advantages, reflector the narrow telescope is good for viewing objects like planets and moons in the solar system, reflector the wide and short ones are good for stars, nebulas and other bodies out side of the solar system. most scientist and begineers prefer reflector though its a bit more expensive
The distance between the two lenses of a refracting telescope depends on its design and purpose. Typically, the lenses are separated by a distance equal to the sum of their focal lengths. This separation allows the lenses to work together to focus light and form an image.
Refracting telescopes use lenses. Reflecting telescopes use mirrors to reflect things that's why it's called a reflecting telescope. Now back to refracting telescopes, they work exactly like magnifying glasses. It use a convex lens to bend light and bring it into focus, and a concave lens to magnify it.It also does that by directing light beams to meet at a focal point
Galileo did not invent the telescope. The Italian physicist and mathematician improved on an existing spyglass design to create a more powerful one: a refracting telescope that he then used to study the night sky.