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Have you used a telescope? Do you own a telescope? What kind of telescope do you own? For what do you use it? satish replied. in india tejraj and company(Mumbai), galilio telescope makers(Delhi) and also some aurthorised delers (in baglore and pune) of imported telescopes satish replied. reflector telescope is a perticuler type of telescope in which in place of objective convex lance (as usally used in refracting telescope) a concave mirror is used. It was discoverd by sir Eijac newton James replied. Hi, I am planning to buy a telescope. Does anyone know the good brands available? Will these be available in India? where? Koushik replied. I was wondering a silly question but has anyone tried to make a telescopic periscope. It must be possible after all in the movies when the captain look through the periscope he sees quite a close up of the enemy ship. :) yeah i know its just a movie but still! Ashwin Patnaik replied. Good stuff... I had made my own makeshift telescope as a kid. But I used to use it only to watch crows and mynas. Good telescopes are pretty expensive... Does anyone know where to buy one? Navaz replied. Hey, this was interesting. I am becoming interested in telescopes and want to buy one. Any one knows where i can buy one? Jawahar replied. This was an interesting article. I learnt about telescopes in school and even had a basic one. I now realise it was a refractor telescope. I have never heard about the reflector or catadioptic telescopes.