Reflecting Telescope
Of optical telescope. May also be referred to as reflector.
Optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668".
This concept's ID is @1~22259
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- Cassegrainian telescope
A reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal...
- Schmidt telescope
Reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area...
- coude telescope
A reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or...
- Maksutov telescope
Reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced...
- Herschelian telescope
A reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image...
- parabolic mirror
A parabolic reflector for light radiation.
- Newtonian telescope
Reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular...