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Observing the Universe
1
Reflecting Optical Telescopes
•  A reflecting telescope uses a mirror as
an objective to reflect light to the focus.
•  The figure shows how light passes through
the open end of a
reflecting
telescope and
strikes a concave
mirror at the base
of the telescope.