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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4716. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, History Of Astronomy

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A refracting telescope that uses a long focal length converging lens and a short-focus diverging lens to produce a magnified image of a distant object. Named after the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), who designed and built a telescope of this type in 1609, the Galilean refractor produces an upright image but suffers from having a very small field of view. This particular optical sy...

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