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All you need to know about telescopes

  All you need to know about Telescopes! Hello everyone, let’s start a new topic about telescopes. Let’s not wait! Introduction  Telescopes are instruments for astronomers to look very far objects. The first telescopes ever to be made were used by sea merchants and the military. This astronomical instrument is very useful to astronomers to study stars, and search for phenomenon in the enormous universe. You need a dark, night sky to see the stars and spot constellations. There are two types of telescopes, reflecting and refracting telescopes.  Refracting Telescopes Telescopes refract or bend light and that light is what you will see. However, it is said that the thicker it is the more powerful, and thick lenses means it will be heavy. It does the same job as eyeglasses lenses. The lenses in glasses correct your vision by bending light and you can see distant things. That is exactly the same thing that the lenses are doing inside of that telescope. This type of telescope is the earliest