My first telescope was a 2.5-inch Gilbert reflector my parents bought for me in about 1964. It wasn't easy to use, but I remember looking at the moon, Mars and Saturn with it.

Hardly! In a past column (April 2011), I sang the praises of my first astronomical telescope, Edmund Scientific’s Space Conqueror, a 3-inch f/10 reflector.

An optical reflecting telescope works by using a mirror to reflect incoming light. The image is formed by a reflection from a curved mirror, which is then magnified by a second mirror.

Celestron Inspire 100AZ telescope review: price and release date The Celestron Inspire 100AZ originally went on sale in 2017 and costs in the region of $360 / £249 / AU$600. It’s the biggest ...

Gskyer telescope FAQ What’s the difference between a Gskyer refractor and a Gskyer reflector telescope? A. Telescopes use different lens configurations depending on their purpose.

Telescopes come in many different flavors of optical design, or how the telescope collects and directs light. There are reflector telescopes, refractors, Schmidt-Cassegrains and more.

Although the James Webb telescope doesn’t look like traditional tube-shaped models, it is still considered a reflecting telescope.