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These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the distance from the objective lens to the focal point) that accommodates eyepieces offering 200x magnification.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Another in 2007 used an off-the-shelf digital detector on a small refractor telescope to deliver remarkably decent photometric measurements, even for third-magnitude stars (which are somewhat fainter than those making up the Big Dipper).
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
There’s even a broadcast feed for those who can’t climb the narrow steps to the observatory’s 8-inch refractor telescope.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Last year, an autographed Bowman chrome refractor card of Ohtani in his 2018 rookie year fetched $184,000.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Another in 2007 used an off-the-shelf digital detector on a small refractor telescope to deliver remarkably decent photometric measurements, even for third-magnitude stars (which are somewhat fainter than those making up the Big Dipper).
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
There’s even a broadcast feed for those who can’t climb the narrow steps to the observatory’s 8-inch refractor telescope.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Last year, an autographed Bowman chrome refractor card of Ohtani in his 2018 rookie year fetched $184,000.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Refractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refractor. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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refractor
noun
re·frac·tor
ri-ˈfrak-tər 
: a telescope in which the principal light-gathering element is a lens
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