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refracting telescope

DEFINITIONS OF: refracting telescope

1

n optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece

Types:
field glass, glass, spyglass
a small refracting telescope
Galilean telescope
a type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy
Type of:
optical telescope
an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources
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