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There are two basic types of telescope: refractors and reflectors.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
When the sun set the comet was an easy object in a 50mm f/3.5 refractor and ASI178MC camera.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the distance from the objective lens to the focal point) that accommodates eyepieces offering 200x magnification.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Another in 2007 used an off-the-shelf digital detector on a small refractor telescope to deliver remarkably decent photometric measurements, even for third-magnitude stars (which are somewhat fainter than those making up the Big Dipper).
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
When the sun set the comet was an easy object in a 50mm f/3.5 refractor and ASI178MC camera.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the distance from the objective lens to the focal point) that accommodates eyepieces offering 200x magnification.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Another in 2007 used an off-the-shelf digital detector on a small refractor telescope to deliver remarkably decent photometric measurements, even for third-magnitude stars (which are somewhat fainter than those making up the Big Dipper).
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
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“Refractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refractor. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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refractor
noun
re·frac·tor
ri-ˈfrak-tər 
: a telescope in which the principal light-gathering element is a lens
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