Keplerian telescope

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English

Etymology

Invented by Johannes Kepler in 1611.

Noun

Keplerian telescope (plural Keplerian telescopes)

  1. (astronomy) An improvement on the Galilean telescope, having a convex lens as the eyepiece instead of Galileo's concave one.