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.

His original reflecting telescope, which he built himself in 1668, was just six inches long. This modest device not only eliminated the colored fringes but magnified whatever it focused on by 40 ...

Just to make it that little bit more challenging, there's also three different main types of telescopes to look out for. You have the choice of refractor, reflector and catadioptric telescopes ...

The Stephens observatory, located on the roof of Carnegie, houses a 12-inch Newtonian reflecting telescope, built by Roscoe G. Stephens of Kennebunk, Maine. Stephens gifted the telescope to the ...

Refracting telescopes use lenses - combining at least two, and as many as four, pieces of glass - as their objective (the ...

Find out more about how we test. The SkyWatcher Explorer 130M Motorised Newtonian Reflector Telescope is a motorised option, accessible for beginners but with plenty of room to grow, and delivers ...