TELESCOPE

Telescope was discovered by Galileo Galilei at

1610. A telescope is an instrument that is used to
view distant objects. If you want to look at the
planets, you can use a telescope. The higher
the magnification on the telescope, the better
your view will be..
Types of Telescope

There are two types of telescope:

 Reflecting telescope
Cassegrain Telescope
 Refracting telescope
 Astronomical telescope
 Terrestrial telescope
REFRACTING TELESCOPE

 Reflecting telescopes use mirrors while

refracting telescopes use lenses. Refracting
telescopes require a much purer material than
reflecting telescopes. Reflecting telescopes
can be made much larger than refracting
telescopes. Reflecting telescopes suffer less
from aberrations than refracting telescopes.
 REFRACTING TELESCOPRE
 A refracting telescope is an optical telescope that
uses a lens as its objective to form the
image whereas a refracting telescope is an
optical telescope that uses a mirror as its
objective to form the image.
 ASTRONMICAL TELESCOPE
An astronomical telescope is an optical instrument
which is used for observing distinct images of
heavenly bodies like stars, planets, etc., when the
final image formed is formed at infinity.
Astronomical telescope has two convex lens
coaxially separated by some distance. The lens
towards the object is called objective & has much
larger aperture than the eyepiece of the lens
towards the eye.
Terrestrial telescope

 The terrestrial telescope is a refracting type

telescope used to see erect images of distant
earthly objects. It uses an additional convex
lens between the objective and eyepiece for
obtaining an erect image. The construction of
a terrestrial telescope is quite similar to that
of an astronomical telescope.
 CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPE
 Primary mirror : large paraboloidal concave mirror
with hole at centre.
 secondary mirror: small convex mirror near the focus
of primary mirror.
 Eyepiece : near the hole of primary mirror
Difference between Reflecting Telescope and Refracting
Telescope
Reflecting Telescope Refracting Telescope
 Large lens heavy support on only  large mirror lighter supported on
edges entire
back
 grinding & polishing of 2 surface Grinding & polishing of only surface
 Has spherical & chromatic Reduces spherical & chromatic
abberation abberation
 less resolving and light gathering High resolving & light gathering power
power
 faint image Bright image
Advantages of Reflecting Telescope compare to Refracting
Telescope

 A mirror is easier to produce with larger

diameter, so that it can intercept rays crossing
a larger area & direct them to eyepiece.
 The mirror can be made parabolic to reduce
spherical aberration.
 Aberration is further reduced because
passage through one layer of glass (the
objective lens) is eliminated