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An Astroscan wide-field Newtonian reflector. The Astroscan was a wide-field 4⅛" clear-inch (105mm) diameter reflecting telescope , originally produced by the Edmund Scientific Corporation , that was for sale from 1976 to 2013.
A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image. The reflecting telescope was invented in the 17th century by Isaac Newton as an alternative to the refracting telescope which, at that time, was a design that suffered from severe chromatic ...
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A reflecting telescope by James Short; this English telescope maker produced almost 1400 Gregorian reflectors in the mid-1700s. Mobile versions were used to observe the Transit of Venus . List of largest optical telescopes in the 18th century includes various refractors and reflectors that were active some time between about 1699 to 1801.
The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, with a lens diameter of 43 inches, is technically the largest, with 39 inches clear for the aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation for over a century.
1917 – Mount Wilson 100-inch (2.5 m) optical reflecting telescope begins operation, located in Mount Wilson, California; 1918 – 1.8m Plaskett Telescope begins operation at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; 1919 – International Astronomical Union (IAU) founded