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Focus Friday – The Largest Optical Refracting Telescopes

A refracting or refractor telescope is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image (also referred to a dioptric telescope). The refracting telescope design was originally used in spy glasses and astronomical telescopes but is also used for long focus camera lenses.

Yerkes Observatory

Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST)
Lick Observatory
Meudon Observatory

Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam

Nice Observatory
Allegheny Observatory

Pulkovo Observatory
Royal Observatory
University of Vienna Observatory