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What is a refracting telescope?

What is a refracting telescope? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A telescope which produces a magnified image by refracting light through a series of lenses housed in a tube, with a light-gathering objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other.
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This simple refracting telescope is still used in modern opera glasses, which are low-powered binoculars.
A refracting telescope which has been freed from the effects of chromatic aberration is called achromatic.
The Dominion Observatory building was completed in 1905 with the main instrument, the refracting telescope, observing for the first time on April 17th.
The refracting telescope was cured of its inherent vices by British ingenuity.
One of his first projects was to construct a refracting telescope.
Though not the inventor, he was the first to construct a refracting telescope and apply it to astronomical research.

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