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Last year, an autographed Bowman chrome refractor card of Ohtani in his 2018 rookie year fetched $184,000.
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Types of telescopes and their purposes Amateur astronomers and novice stargazers can choose from three popular models: the refractor telescope, the reflector telescope, and the compound telescope.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
This photograph was taken by Markus Noga with a 4-inch (100 mm) refractor telescope.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus can be seen anytime with a five-inch refractor telescope, according to the Phoenix Astronomical Society.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
Installed in 1847, the great refractor with its fifteen-inch lens was, for twenty years, the largest telescope in the U.S.
—Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
This refractor model comes with two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm) and a Barlow lens that doubles its magnification power.
—Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
The scope was nothing fancy, the kind of simple refractor that today would cost about $100.
—Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2013
Although refractor telescopes come at various price points, affordable models are available.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Types of telescopes and their purposes Amateur astronomers and novice stargazers can choose from three popular models: the refractor telescope, the reflector telescope, and the compound telescope.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
This photograph was taken by Markus Noga with a 4-inch (100 mm) refractor telescope.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus can be seen anytime with a five-inch refractor telescope, according to the Phoenix Astronomical Society.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
Installed in 1847, the great refractor with its fifteen-inch lens was, for twenty years, the largest telescope in the U.S.
—Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
This refractor model comes with two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm) and a Barlow lens that doubles its magnification power.
—Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
The scope was nothing fancy, the kind of simple refractor that today would cost about $100.
—Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2013
Although refractor telescopes come at various price points, affordable models are available.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
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refractor
noun
re·frac·tor
ri-ˈfrak-tər 
: a telescope in which the principal light-gathering element is a lens
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