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| A reflecting telescope uses a curved mirror to focus light. Light from distant objects, such as stars and galaxies, enters the telescope tube in parallel rays. These rays are reflected from the concave objective mirror to a diagonal flat mirror. The diagonal mirror reflects the light through a hole in the side of the telescope tube to a lens in the eyepiece. | ||||||
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