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.

AS time passes and astronomical work advances there is a greater demand, year by year, for more powerful instruments of research. Fortunately, instrument makers have so far been able to fulfil the ...

Two key inventions enabled astronomers to overcome the problem of chromatic aberration: the invention of the reflecting telescope described by James Gregory and built in a different form by Isaac ...

His original reflecting telescope, which he built himself in 1668, was just six inches long. This modest device not only eliminated the colored fringes but magnified whatever it focused on by 40 ...

Find out more about how we test. The SkyWatcher Explorer 130M Motorised Newtonian Reflector Telescope is a motorised option, accessible for beginners but with plenty of room to grow, and delivers ...

The Stephens observatory, located on the roof of Carnegie, houses a 12-inch Newtonian reflecting telescope, built by Roscoe G. Stephens of Kennebunk, Maine. Stephens gifted the telescope to the ...

The Sky-Watcher Explorer 130 EQ2 telescope is one of the best beginner telescopes simply because it’s one of the most unusual. At its core it’s a Newtonian reflector telescope like many others ...

We've found this Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ telescope deal at Amazon — now ... Key features: Newtonian reflector, 130mm aperture, 650mm focal length, f/5 focal ratio, 33x and 65x magnification ...