refracting telescope
Noun
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Optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece (synset 104077319)
is a type of: optical telescope - an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sourcessubtypes:
- field glass, glass, spyglass - a small refracting telescope
- galilean telescope - a type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy
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