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Originally Posted by that_guy
refractors have lenses reflectors have mirrors. Refractors concentrates the light to one single point, while reflectors gathers the light using the mirrorand concentrates it all to a secondary mirror and reflecting it to the eyepiece... google it... im a noob too.. is there a possibility for a picture of the telescope?
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woops my mistake it is actually reflector!
the label says "Apollo reflector astronomical telescope D=4 1/2 inches 900mm Coated Optics"
http://www.sherwoods-photo.com/sky_w...plorer-130.jpg
I dont have a camera but i looked online and it looks the same as this (excpt much older - the legs are wooden!) but everything else looks very very similar