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Telescopes and microscopes both enlarge objects so that more detail can be seen.

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different:telescopes you see far and microscope you see small things

alike both are to see from either distance

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they both make things bigger when you look through it

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They both magnify things, they traditionally both use mirrors and glass, and they are both used by both professionals and hobbyists.

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they both have lenses

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How are microsopes and telescopes alike and how are they different?

microscopes can see thing close up and telescopes your can see thing far away


How telescopes and microscopes different?

Microscopes have 2 convex lens and telescopes too while microscopes are used to look at cells and microscopic organisms.


How are a microscope and telescope alike and different?

Both microscopes and telescopes use lenses to magnify objects. But, telescopes are large and collect light from stars and planets to magnify them, while microscopes are small, can sit on a desktop, get light from the room or a small builtin light and are used to magnify tiny objects.


How are a microscope and a telescope alike?

Both microscopes and telescopes use lenses to magnify objects. But, telescopes are large and collect light from stars and planets to magnify them, while microscopes are small, can sit on a desktop, get light from the room or a small builtin light and are used to magnify tiny objects.


Are telescopes and microscopes used by astronomers?

Telescopes - definitely yes Microscopes - perhaps but not likely for astronomy


What is the name of the other telescopes?

Microscopes?


Are celestron telescopes reflecting telescopes?

They have many other different types of telescopes than just reflecting!!!! I have a refracting telescope myself. They also have other things like binoculars and microscopes


How are light microscopes and electron microscopes alike?

They r alike because they both are able to have the three zooms to different levels and they both focus on small mircoscopic organisms.


How are a microscope and telescope alike how are they different?

Microscopes and telescopes that work with visible light are both devices to collect and magnify light. Id you talk about refracting telescopes, which are the most like microscopes because they use lenses in a tube, you could thing of a microscope as looking in one end and telescope as looing in the other end to deal respectively with the very small and the vary far away.


How are microscopes and telescopes the same?

They both have lenses.


What is found in telescopes and microscopes?

Lenses and/or mirrors


How are lenss used in telescopes and microscopes?

to magnify it