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A reflecting telescope is much easier to build than a refracting telescope and consequently is much less expensive. A reflecting telescope uses a concave mirror to collect and concentrate starlight and send it to your eye, whereas a refracting telescope uses a series of lenses to do the same thing. Optical quality lenses are much more expensive (and heavier) than a well-made mirror. For a given amount of money, much larger reflecting telescope can be built than a refracting. For very large telescopes, the lenses needed would be enormous and next to impossible to make optically perfect. Consequently, most telescopes are reflecting.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoReflecting telescopes are popular because they are easier to build than refracting telescopes.
They are more durable than a refracting telescope.
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How are reflecting and refracting telescopes different?
reflecting telescopes have concave lenses and refraccting telescopes have convex lenses.
What are reflecting and refracting telescopes designed for?
Light is found by reflecting telescopes and refracting telescopes are used to dected sound
Is refracting telescopes bigger then reflecting telescopes?
No
Is the design of radio telescopes very similar to the design of refracting telescopes?
no, reflecting telescopes.
Reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes in having?
A mirror instead of and objective lens (:
What is better Reflecting or refracting telescopes?
The most serious astronomical research, such as that done by the Hubble Space Telescope, is done with reflecting telescopes.
How are reflecting and refracting telescopes different?
reflecting telescopes have concave lenses and refraccting telescopes have convex lenses.
What are reflecting and refracting telescopes designed for?
Light is found by reflecting telescopes and refracting telescopes are used to dected sound
Is refracting telescopes bigger then reflecting telescopes?
No
How are refraction telescopes and reflecting telescopes similar?
they the same
Is the design of radio telescopes very similar to the design of refracting telescopes?
no, reflecting telescopes.
Russia is given credit for building the largest of these telescopes in 1974?
reflecting telescopes
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
Reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes in having what?
Two large objective lenses.
Reflecting telescopes differ from refracting telescopes in having?
A mirror instead of and objective lens (:
Do astronomers or nasa use refracting telescopes?
Yes, both of them. And they also use reflecting telescopes.
Where do reflecting telescopes work best?
All telescopes work best in the vacuum of space. Aside from that, "where" really is not a great factor compared to other types of telescopes. The distinct advantage of some reflecting telescopes is that they don't suffer from chromatic aberration like refractors do.
