Refracting telescope

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:alignment Rarely needed
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Refractor
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:Binocular
gptkb:Monocular
gptkbp:compatibleWith Mirrors
gptkbp:component Eyepiece
Objective lens
gptkbp:corrects Achromatic lens
Apochromatic lens
gptkbp:fieldOfView Narrow
gptkbp:firstInvented Early 17th century
gptkbp:firstUsedFor Astronomical observation
Military observation
gptkbp:focalLengthDeterminedBy Objective lens
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First type of telescope
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Refracting telescope
gptkbp:imageFormedBy Refraction
gptkbp:imageOrientation Inverted
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Hans_Lippershey
gptkb:Jacob_Metius
gptkb:Sacharias_Jansen
gptkbp:limitation Chromatic aberration
Cost of large lenses
Lens sagging
gptkbp:maintenance Low
gptkbp:maximumPracticalAperture About 1 meter
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Lick_Observatory_refractor
gptkb:Yerkes_Observatory_refractor
gptkbp:notableUser gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkbp:objectiveLensMaterial gptkb:Crown_glass
gptkb:Flint_glass
gptkbp:popularFor 17th century
gptkbp:replacedBy Reflecting telescope
gptkbp:requires gptkb:mountain
Tube
gptkbp:suffersFrom Chromatic aberration
gptkbp:telescopeType gptkb:Huygens_eyepiece
gptkb:Ramsden_eyepiece
gptkb:Kellner_eyepiece
gptkb:Plössl_eyepiece
gptkbp:type gptkb:Dobsonian_mount
gptkb:Altazimuth_mount
Equatorial mount
gptkbp:usedFor Astronomy
Terrestrial observation
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Amateur_astronomy
Educational purposes
gptkbp:uses gptkb:Lenses
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Capodimonte_Astronomical_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6