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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Chinese scientists are working to set up the world's largest refracting telescope in Tibet Autonomous Region for observing stars and planets. Deputy Director of the regional department of science and ...