Originally posted by Rooster:
is there a special name for telescopes that can mount a camera? What is the difference between a telescope & a refractor? |
No, you can typically mount a camera to just about any type of telescope. A refractor is a type of telescope. There is a lot of educational information at Orion's website:
//www.telescope.com
They sell telescopes, but their site is very informative too.
Refractors use optical glass lenses to focus the light as opposed to reflectors which use optical mirrors or cassegrain scopes which use both mirrors and lenses.
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