Choosing and Buying a Telescope

There are two main types of telescope: refracting telescopes, which use a large lens to collect the starlight and form the image, and reflecting telescopes, ...  

First, astronomers switched away from the lens-using refracting telescopes to mirror-based reflecting telescopes. This opened the way for the Mount Wilson ...  

If you are looking to buy a telescope, one of the options you will find is the reflecting telescope. Reflecting telescopes have been popular for many reasons. And has been used by amateur astronomers since Isaac Newton invented it. As you read this article, you will discover why buying a...  

The first refracting telescopes were thought to have appeared in the Netherlands in 1608. But the first examples may actually have been made for Spanish ...  

... image of three planets orbitting the star HR 8799 were taken by the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, which consists of two large 8-m reflecting telescopes. ...  

"We'll have refracting and reflecting telescopes, and people should also bring binoculars," Mr Booth said. He said a range of planets and constellations ...  

“The first refracting telescopes were thought to have appeared in the Netherlands in 1608. But the first examples may actually have been made for Spanish ...