Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceObserving Space: Telescopes3 Marks
Question
What are the difficulties in using refracting telescopes?
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Answer
We require a large objective lens which is very difficult to make. Also large lenses are heavy and tend to get distorted.
As the objective and eyepiece lens are placed on the opposite sides of the telescope, the length of the telescope also increases with increase in the size of the lenses. This makes it difficult to manage a large telescope.
The images formed by lenses have errors of colours. This is called chromatic aberration.
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