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A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image.

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The reflecting telescope uses mirrors to collect and focus light
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A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image.
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A telescope is an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors [DISPUTED], or a combination of both to observe distant objects ...
The word telescope now refers to a wide range of instruments capable of detecting different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, and in some cases other types of detectors.
The first known practical telescopes were refracting telescopes invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century, by using glass lenses.
The reflecting telescope, which uses mirrors to collect and focus light, was invented within a few decades of the first refracting telescope.
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