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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.

Explore the wonders of our solar system with the help of Explore Scientific's National Geographic 70mm refractor telescope. It features a 70mm aperture, which is big enough to provide views of the ...

McKim Observatory still houses many of its original instruments, including a 9.53 inch Clark Refractor telescope, a meridian transit telescope, and a gravity driven chronograph. Missing from the early ...

If you live in or near a city, you'll generally be better off with a small-to-medium-size refractor. Fried stressed that picking a telescope that's appropriate for your location will ensure you ...

Finding the right telescope within your budget can be difficult ... the EvoStar 80ED APO Doublet Refractor boasts ...

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Up front is a four-inch (102mm) diameter objective lens, which is unusually large for a refractor telescope. Most telescopes of this size and above are reflectors, using mirrors rather than lenses.

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The viewer is compatible with most smartphones. The Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ AZ Refractor Telescope with EclipSmart Solar Filter Kit is a telescope that can be used for safe solar viewing.

Both the Celestron 21039 PowerSeeker 50AZ and National Geographic Refractor Telescope 60/700 AZ will let you seek out the stars, even if you're brand new to stargazing. But which will handle and ...