telescope: Bibliography

See H. G. J. Rutten and M. A. M. Van Venrooij, Telescope Optics: Evaluation and Design (1988); R. N. Wilson, Reflecting Telescope Optics: Basic Design Theory and Its Historical Development (1996); R. Moore, Eyes on the Universe: The Story of the Telescope (1997); S. F. Tonkin et al., Amateur Telescope Making (1998); J. B. Zirker, An Acre of Glass: A History and Forecast of the Telescope (2005).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Reflecting Telescopes
• Refracting Telescopes
• Mounting the Telescope
• The Schmidt Telescope and Other Innovations
• Arrangement of Mirrors in a Reflector
• Resolving and Magnifying Power
• Images Produced by Optical Telescopes
• Types of Optical Telescopes
• Bibliography

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