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reflecting telescope

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reflecting telescope

Telescope in which light is collected and brought to a focus by a concave mirror. Cassegrain and Newtonian telescopes are examples.



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By an observation of Jupiter's satellites, with a Dolland reflecting telescope, Captain Bonneville ascertained the longitude to be 102 57' west of Greenwich.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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