The Pros and Cons of deciding on a new Reflector Telescope

There are two basic kinds of telescopes for the backyard observer, reflector and refractor, and they differ in the way they gather and focus light onto the eyepiece. The type discussed in this article will be the reflector telescopes. These telescopes use a series of large and small mirrors to bend and amplify the light from the stars and planets. It's hard to imagine that by just using mirrors you will be able to see the rings of Saturn or the pinwheels of distant galaxies - but that is how it works.There's two standard types of reflector telescopes : the particular Newtonian along with the

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