What are the advantages and disadvantages of reflectors vs. refractors?
Per dollar spent, reflecting telescopes have three big advantages over refracting telescopes — 1) Better color rendition, 2) Larger apertures and 3) Shorter tube lengths. At a huge increase in cost, refractors can match the reflecting telescope’s good color rendition — they can even have large apertures – but they still are burdened with long, heavy optical tubes. Compact reflector telescope easily challenge the best reflectors at planetary observation, and for much lower cost per inch of aperture. Only the most highly corrected apochromatic refractors can produce images that compare in color accuracy, sharpness and contrast to the best reflectors we have in stock. These fine refractors produce stunning images with superb contrast, definition and background separation – the same qualities of excellent brand name telescopes we carry in our online store!
