Question

List three advantages of reflecting telescopes over refracting telescopes.

Answer 1

Answer:

Three advantages of Reflecting Telescope over refracting Telescope:

1. there is no chromatic aberration in the Reflecting Telescope being mirror as an objective, while Refracting Telescope can suffer chromatic aberration being using lenses.

2. image of Reflecting Telescope is brighter due to large, polished curved mirrors than Refracting Telescope

3. Reflecting Telescope is compact and portable in size than Refracting Telescope.