Glossary term: Telescopio reflector
Description: En un telescopio reflector, el elemento óptico principal es un espejo, el «espejo primario», que recoge la luz incidente. Los telescopios reflectores suelen caracterizarse por el diámetro del espejo primario, que oscila entre los 10 centímetros de los telescopios amateur más pequeños y los ocho metros de los espejos sólidos más grandes utilizados en los telescopios profesionales. Se pueden obtener superficies colectoras aún mayores combinando varios segmentos de espejo, que actúan entonces de forma similar a la de un espejo macizo de mayor tamaño. Existen varios tipos de telescopios de espejo. Por ejemplo, en un telescopio newtoniano, la luz procedente del espejo primario es reflejada lateralmente por un espejo plano más pequeño hacia un ocular o una cámara. En un telescopio Cassegrain, un espejo secundario más pequeño y convexo refleja la luz hacia atrás a través de una abertura en el espejo principal.
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In Other Languages
- Árabe: تلسكوب عاكس
- Alemán: Spiegelteleskop
- Inglés: Reflecting Telescope
- Francés: Télescope à réflexion
- Italiano: Telescopio a riflessione
- Japonés: 反射望遠鏡 (external link)
- Maratí: परावर्ती दूरदर्शी
- Portugués de Brasil: Telescópio Refletor
- Chino simplificado: 反射式望远镜
- Chino tradicional: 反射式望遠鏡
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Caption: The two Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai`i. These two telescopes are reflecting telescopes with primary mirrors 10m across.
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Caption: Honorable mention in the 2023 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category of Still images taken exclusively with smartphones/mobile devices.
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Credit: Juan Pablo Botero Londoño/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
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