From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for ...

Well, any of us who has ever looked through a telescope could say the same, for the two principal types in use today were developed by giants: the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton.

For the first eight years of its life, the 24-inch was the sole telescope at SBO ... left-overs from the transition between the long-and-narrow refractor and its replacement short-and-fat reflector.