Explain the advantages of a reflecting telescope compared to a refracting telescope
Mirrors can be made much larger than lenses (meters compared to around 1m max). Mirrors do not produce chromatic aberration. Mirror glass does not need to be as high quality as lens glass. Mirrors produce less circular aberration than lenses
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