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.

From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy. Ask an astronomer what the best monocular is for ...

Refractor telescopes use specialised lenses to gather and focus light into an image, displaying a magnified sky view. In contrast, reflector telescopes use curved mirrors to reflect light onto the ...

Just to make it that little bit more challenging, there's also three different main types of telescopes to look out for. You have the choice of refractor, reflector and catadioptric telescopes ...

Perkin in 1966 by Boller and Chivens, a subsidiary of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, this telescope was donated to Wesleyan in 1971 by the Perkin family. The Perkin Reflector has a primary ... program ...

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.

This 15-inch telescope known as "The Great Refractor" was installed at Cambridge in 1847. For 20 years it was the largest telescope in the United States, the most significant American astronomical ...