reflecting telescope

1. Optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece (synset 104075713)
   "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668"
   is a type of: optical telescope - an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources
   subtypes:

   • cassegrainian telescope, gregorian telescope - a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
   • coude system, coude telescope - a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph
   • herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector - a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed
   • maksutov telescope - reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens
   • newtonian reflector, newtonian telescope - reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis
   • schmidt camera, schmidt telescope - reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
   has: parabolic mirror - a parabolic reflector for light radiation
   same as: reflector

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