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Question
Describe briefly the two main limitations and explain how far these can be minimized in a reflecting telescope ?
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Solution
Two limitations of refractive telescope are:
1. The lens used in refractive telescope are expensive.
2. The lens used for making refracting telescope have chromatic aberration and distortions.
They can be minimised by using reflecting type telescope, which use concave mirror rather than a lens for the objective. Reflecting type telescope has the following advantages:
1. They are free from chromatic aberration as mirror is used instead of lens.
2. There is no problem for mechanical support because weight of mirror is much less than the weight of the lens. It can be supported easily.
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