Telescopes

Jhan-Curt Fernández

History of Telescopes

What is a telescope?

Kinds of Telescopes

A TELESCOPE is an instrument that gathers

electromagnetic radiation.

Possible inventors of the telescope:

Jacob Metius

Galileo Galilei

Isaac Newton

Kinds of Telescopes

Radio Telescopes

Infrared Telescopes

Optical Telescopes

Refractor

Reflector

Compound

Refracting Telescopes (Dioptric)

Reflecting Telescope (Catoptric)

Newtonian

Compound Telescopes (Catadioptric)

Maksutov-Cassegrain

Ultraviolet Telescopes

X-ray Telescopes

Gamma-ray Telescopes