What are the different uses for different types of telescopes?
refracting telescopes are used to examine the visible-light region of the electromagnetic spectrum. typical uses include viewing the Moon, other objects of the solar system such as Jupiter and Mars, and double stars the reflecting telescope is commonly used in astronomy because it is much easier to create a large convex mirror than to create the huge lenses that would be necessary to gather the light to see dim far-away objects catadioptric telescopes use a combination of curved lenses and mirrors as objectives to collect light. they are good for all-around viewing because they have the attributes of both refractors and reflectors.
