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They don't. They are the same.
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How is a radio telescope different from a refracting telescope?
A radio telescope detects light in the form of radio waves and a refracting telescope detects light in the visible wavelengths
Is a telescope with incoming light passing through glass refracting?
refracting
What do you call a telescope that uses a lens to focus light?
It is called a refracting telescope.
What type of telescope does not use visual light energy?
Infrared the answer is a refracting telescope :p
What is the name of the telescope that uses convex lenses to gather and focus light?
Refracting telescope.
What does the objective of a refracting telescope do?
It gathers the light coming from an object.
What is used to focus light in a refracting telescope?
Concave Mirrors
What is a refracting and a reflecting telescope?
A refracting telescope is a type of telescope that has a large thin lense at the front and a smaller thicker lense at the end where the eyepiece is. Refracting telescopes use lenses unlike reflecting telescopes that use mirrors to reflect the light. This is a good image of a refracting and reflecting telescope: [See related link]
Why are reflecting telescope and refracting telescope considered as optical telescope?
"Optical", in this case, simply means that they work with light.
A telescope that uses a set of lenses to gather and focus light from distant objects?
Refracting Telescope.
Telescope that uses an objective lens to bend light toward the plane where the images is formed?
a refracting telescope
Telescope that uses an objective lens to bend light toward the plane where the images is formeds?
a refracting telescope
