Telescopes Allow Visual Time Travel . It may sound like science fiction, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that telescopes ...

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.

Professional Astronomical Refractor Telescope: If you are interested in astronomy or like to explore the night sky, the MEEZAA astronomical telescope is for you. A perfect telescope for adults ...

Travel easily with the best small telescopes for observing when going on location or sharing with friends and family: Spot ...

When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on California’s Palomar Mountain. What a behemoth! At the time I enjoyed ...

Every gram matters when sending objects into space, while telescopes flown aboard balloons or aircraft need to be compact.

FitzRandolph Observatory was constructed in 1934 to replace the Halsted Observatory. In 1966, a 36" reflecting telescope replaced the old 23" refracting telescope that had been in use since 1882.

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 ...

When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on Palomar Mountain near San Diego.

After the planetarium show, view the real night sky through telescopes at the UNG North Georgia Astronomical Observatory (weather permitting). The new observatory facility is complete and open to the ...