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  2. Refracting telescope - Wikipedia

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    Refracting telescope. A refracting telescope (also called a refractor) is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image (also referred to a dioptric telescope). The refracting telescope design was originally used in spyglasses and astronomical telescopes but is also used for long-focus camera lenses.

  3. Optical telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Large Binocular Telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in Arizona uses two curved mirrors to gather light. An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct visual inspection, to make a photograph, or to collect data through electronic image sensors.

  4. List of largest optical refracting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    List of largest optical refracting telescopes. The Grande Coupole for the double refractor of Meudon, with roughly 83 cm (33 in) and 62 cm (24 in) aperture lenses on the same mounting, and making its debut in 1891. Refracting telescopes use a lens to focus light. The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, with a lens diameter of 43 inches, is technically ...

  5. Maksutov telescope - Wikipedia

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    A 150mm aperture Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope. The Maksutov (also called a " Mak ") [1] is a catadioptric telescope design that combines a spherical mirror with a weakly negative meniscus lens in a design that takes advantage of all the surfaces being nearly "spherically symmetrical". [2] The negative lens is usually full diameter and placed ...

  6. Yerkes Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Telescope controls of the 40 in (100 cm) refractor. Yerkes Observatory (/ ˈjɜːrkiːz / YUR-keez) is an astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The observatory was operated by the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics [2][3] from its founding in 1897 until 2018.

  7. Visible-light astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Visible-light astronomy. A diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum with the Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) and the types of telescopes used to image parts of the spectrum. Visible-light astronomy encompasses a wide variety of astronomical observation via telescopes that are sensitive in the range of visible light (optical ...

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