Sentence examples for reflecting telescope from inspiring English sources

The reflecting telescope predominated in the 20th century.

Irish astronomer and builder of the largest reflecting telescope, the "Leviathan," of the 19th century.

In 1918 a 100-inch (254-cm) reflecting telescope was put into service.

Research facilities include the Van Vleck Observatory, which houses a 24-inch (61-cm) reflecting telescope.

The Vanderbilt Planetarium, Centerport, offers free viewing through its 16-inch reflecting telescope on Fridays, 9 from 10 p.m.

He has a 10in reflecting telescope that stands more than 9ft tall and dominates his back garden in Worcester.

Indeed, it may go back as far as Sir Isaac Newton, the inventor of the reflecting telescope.

Copernicus (OAO-3) was equipped with more powerful instruments, including a reflecting telescope with a 32-inch (81-cm) mirror.

He followed that with equally important inventions, including the gyroscope and an improved reflecting telescope, until an awful paralysis crept through his body and killed him at 49.

The large reflecting telescope was the most sophisticated optical observatory ever to orbit Earth, and the photographs it collected ultimately revolutionized the field of astronomy.

A parabolic reflector, similar to that of a reflecting telescope, is used to pick up and amplify relatively weak sounds coming from a certain direction.