Bausch & Lomb Company gave the University of Colorado a 10.5-inch refractor, formerly the ... of Fiske Planetarium in 2013, the telescope was removed with plans to refurbish it and put it on exhibit ...

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in mind when buying a telescope. Here are some tips and features to consider ...

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting telescope in 1609. Although not the inventor of the telescope, Galileo was the ...

I grew up studying astronomy the old-fashioned way – pointing my ... pack up and head to the countryside to demo a new AI refractor telescope, the BeaverLAB Finder TW2. It’s a pretty novel ...

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.

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.

THE Yerkes Observatory, which has recently been completed and inaugurated, contains in its instrumental equipment the largest refractor in the world, the diameter of the object-glass spanning 40 ...

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 ...

Refraction errors can also be identified using a refractor, which uses convex lenses to examine how the eye processes light.