People have different hobbies and for people who love stargazing need to have a telescope. However, before launching on a telescope-buying spree you need to know a few things about it. To buy yourself the best telescopes you need to understand the different types of telescopes and they include –Reflector telescopes, Refractor telescopes, and Cassegrain telescopes.



Reflector Telescopes are one of the common and inexpensive telescopes with mirrors instead of lenses if the consideration is about price versus aperture. A fine Reflector telescope are the ones to achieve sharp and contrast images at a price that is just a fraction of the cost of same aperture Refractor. In length, a Reflector is much smaller and more portable telescope at much less cost. The Reflector Telescope works on the principal for gathering and focusing light using a mirror. Its parabolic shaped mirror helps to focus the parallel light rays, coming from the celestial objects, to a single point.

Refractor Telescope has a long tube having a large lens and an eyepiece at each end. One of the commonest and expensive types, a Refractor is able to acquire you the finest images possible for a given aperture. An optical telescope, Refractor Telescope, has curved primary lens to gather light, bend it, and send it back to a focal point for added modification by using an eyepiece. The curvature and size of the primary lenses are the deciding factor for the distance desirable to obtain the focal point. Refractors reign to be the accepted preference for imager's and devotee planetary observer for its sharp images.

Cassegrain Telescope, a type of reflecting telescope that makes use of arrangement of - a primary concave mirror and a secondary convex mirror into its design. This telescope uses an arrangement of parabolic and hyperbolic mirrors for the first time. Cassegrain Telescope has managed to reemerge after several years, becoming the trendiest designs in the world with enhanced design over original refractor.