Telescopes are specialist optical instruments that have been around for over 400 years and are useful for many applications including seafaring, military operations and especially stargazing. But not ...

Optical telescopes utilize refraction and reflection to focus light, enabling detailed astronomical observations and ...

The arid climate of Chile’s Atacama Desert is already one of the best places in the world to stargaze. But when the Giant Magellan Telescope opens there in the Las Campanas Observatory in 2025, it ...

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The winter months are fast approaching the Northern Hemisphere -- meaning longer, darker nights longed for by amateur astronomers. To the beginner, setting out on their first tentative steps to ...

In order to be seen, light from objects needs to reach our eyes. Therefore, objects that are far away don’t reflect enough light back for us to see them. The objective lens of a traditional telescope ...

The original instrument to occupy the 25-foot diameter dome was the 10.5-inch Bausch refracting telescope (f/15.5) installed in the brand new observatory in 1953. Bausch & Lomb Company gave the ...

Telescopes are popular holiday gifts that can open up new worlds of exploration or they can be an expensive source of frustration. Selecting the right telescope for that special person on your list ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. You can build a refracting telescope, where the lens focuses the light, ...

For thousands of years, humans observed the stars with nothing but our own eyes. But eyes can only get us so far, and to see all the way to the ends of the universe we needed to invent some tools. The ...