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refracting telescope

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A refractor at the Yerkes Observatory

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refracting telescope (plural refracting telescopes)

  1. A telescope which produces a magnified image by refracting light through a series of lenses housed in a tube, with a light-gathering objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other.

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