Telescopes is an instrument designed to gather light, created by telescope makers, it magnifies images of distant objects. Because of this amazing tool, people can now view the stars and planets, astronomy star charts, also known as a star atlas are now available.

There are basically 3 types: optical, radio telescopes, and gamma-ray or x-ray. The main telescope most commonly used by amateur astronomy fans as well as advanced is optical. This consists of 3 types: reflecting, refracting, and catadioptrics. Refractor telescopes use lenses to bend light, reflectors us a thin mirror, and catadioptrics use a combination of both.