Telescope Designs

Telescopes
Designs & Purposes

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REQUIREMENT #6 (part a): With the aid of diagrams (or real telescopes if available) explain the difference between reflecting and refracting telescopes.

There are three main type of telescope designs:

refractor

reflector

catadioptirc

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EfstonScience Types of telescope designs
Sky Watcher Telescope Basics - Optical design
Meade Instruments Telescopes, eyepieces, and mountings
Dan's Camera City Telescope designs

REQUIREMENT #6 (part b): Describe the basic purpose of a telescope, and list at least three other instruments used with telescopes.

What is the purpose of the telescope? Usable magnification
Meade Instruments Telescopes, eyepieces, and mountings
ASD Planetarium The purpose of building telescopes
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Telescope basics
Planetarium Net Telescope Buying Guide: What is a Telescope?

OTHER HELPFUL LINK TO "TELESCOPE" INFORMATION

How a Telescope Works Telescope designs
Telescopes & Radioscopes Click on the left column, Telescopes

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