Reflecting telescopes

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:advantage no chromatic aberration
requires precise mirror alignment
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Reflector
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:robot
astronomer
solar telescope
ground-based telescope
Dobsonian mounted
X-ray telescope (with modifications)
alt-azimuth mounted
amateur telescope
equatorially mounted
professional telescope
radio telescope (with modifications)
gptkbp:component primary mirror
secondary mirror
gptkbp:establishedIn 1668
gptkbp:fieldOfView narrow
wide (with correctors)
gptkbp:focuses light rays
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reflecting telescopes
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:maintenance mirror cleaning
mirror recoating
gptkbp:material gptkb:glass
metal
gptkbp:mayInclude parabolic mirror
spherical mirror
hyperbolic mirror
gptkbp:notableCollection visible light
ultraviolet light
infrared light
gptkbp:replacedBy refracting telescopes (in large observatories)
gptkbp:shape spherical
concave
hyperbolic
parabolic
gptkbp:type gptkb:Newtonian_reflector
gptkb:Cassegrain_reflector
Gregorian reflector
gptkbp:usedBy astronomer
amateur astronomers
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:astronomy
astrophotography
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Keck_Observatory
gptkb:Very_Large_Telescope
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:uses mirror
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7