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The 21 pages that link to Reflecting telescope, each with the reason it gives.

• Conic sectionRelated: Parabolic mirrors focus parallel incoming rays to a single point.

• TelescopeBroader topic: It avoids the chromatic aberration that affects simple lens-based designs.

• William HerschelNarrower topic: Herschel's largest instruments used mirrors to gather more light than contemporary refracting telescopes.

• John HerschelNarrower topic: Large reflectors enabled the deep-sky observations central to the Herschel family’s astronomy.

• Mount Wilson ObservatoryNarrower topic: Both landmark Mount Wilson instruments used mirrors to gather more light than contemporary refractors.

• MirrorRelated: Large mirrors gather faint light without the chromatic aberration of a single lens.

• Specular reflectionBroader topic: Its mirrors rely on controlled specular reflection to form an image.

• Refracting telescopeCompared with: Mirrors avoid the chromatic aberration inherent in refracting objectives.

• Focus (geometry)Related: Parabolic mirrors direct incoming parallel light toward a focus.

• LensCompared with: Its mirror-based objective avoids the chromatic aberration of a refracting objective lens.

• Optical telescopeCompared with: Its mirror-based design avoids chromatic aberration in the main objective.

• Achromatic lensCompared with: Reflection avoids the primary color-focus error that motivates achromatic refracting objectives.

• Caroline HerschelNarrower topic: Herschel used reflecting telescopes to survey faint objects across the sky.

• Law of reflectionBroader topic: Its primary mirror redirects incoming rays toward an image-forming focus.

• Newtonian telescopeNarrower topic: The Newtonian is a widely used member of this broader telescope family.

• Parabolic reflectorBroader topic: Its primary mirror is commonly parabolic to bring distant, nearly parallel light to a focus.

• Yerkes ObservatoryCompared with: Reflectors avoid the size and weight constraints that limit large refracting telescope lenses.

• Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopeNarrower topic: Its spherical primary mirror makes the design fundamentally a reflector with added correction.

• Ritchey–Chrétien telescopeNarrower topic: The Ritchey–Chrétien belongs to this family and avoids chromatic aberration from powered lenses.

• Curved mirrorBroader topic: Its primary concave mirror gathers faint light without the chromatic aberration of a lens.

• History of the telescopeBroader topic: Reflectors became central to the later growth of large observatories.