December 24, 2008
- Consider a Refracting Telescope for Star Gazing
In the world of astronomy, different types of telescopes are used to view the stars and planets. However, it is the refracting and reflecting telescope that represent the two basic types of telescope used by today's novice and professional astronomers. Of these two telescopes, the refracting telescope has the longest history and has been in use for centuries. Its design was developed around the 15th century and is still a very popular telescope in the twenty-first century. Actually, a refracting telescope is one of the oldest telescope designs still in use by today’s astronomers. (…)
