reflecting telescope

English

A reflector at the Franklin Institute

Noun

reflecting telescope (plural reflecting telescopes)

1. A telescope which produces a magnified image by reflecting light through a series of mirrors housed in a tube, using a large curved mirror to gather the light and one or more additional mirrors to transmit the light to an eyepiece.

Synonyms

• reflector

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: огледален телескоп m (ogledalen teleskop)
• Finnish: peiliteleskooppi
• German: Spiegelteleskop (de) n
• Polish: reflektor (pl) m
• Russian: рефлектор (ru) m (reflektor)

See also

• refracting telescope