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Different types of telescopes

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Telescope
Different types of telescopes

SUBJECTS:  Science, Technologies

YEARS:  5–6, 7–8


You can find both refracting and reflecting telescopes at Sydney Observatory.

How are they different in the way they work and look?

What can you find in nature that is like a telescope?

Which type of telescope is it like?


Acknowledgements

With thanks to Sydney Observatory.


Production Date: 2016


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