refracting telescope

• Télescope optique qui utilise une lentille comme objectif principal pour recueillir et focaliser la lumière afin de former une image. Il est largement employé en astronomie et pour les observations terrestres.

A type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its primary objective to gather and focus light, forming an image. It is commonly used in astronomy and terrestrial viewing.

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   A type of telescope that uses a lens to bend (refract) light and form an image of distant objects.

   lunette astronomique à réfraction

   • Galileo used a refracting telescope to observe the moons of Jupiter.
   • The observatory's main instrument is a large refracting telescope.
   • Refracting telescopes are often used by amateur astronomers for planetary observation.