Assertion: telescope's mirror | /r/CapableOf | collect light
Facets:
value: to a focal point
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the object
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The reflecting telescope leverages a large and concave parabolic mirror to collect and focus light to a flat secondary mirror.
text: Ignoring blurring of the image by turbulence in the atmosphere (atmospheric seeing) and optical imperfections of the telescope, the angular resolution of an optical telescope is determined by the diameter of the primary mirror or lens gathering the light (also termed its "aperture").
text: Telescopes allow us to see more because their mirrors and lenses can collect more light than the human eye can collect on its own.
text: In a reflector telescope, the primary mirror is placed at the back of the telescopic tube and captures the light from the object that is under observation.
text: The objective lens or mirror collects light and brings it to focus creating an image.
text: The central focal area would be rectangular, but a secondary rectangular-parabolic mirror would gather the light to a focal point.
text: Telescopes allow us to see more because their mirrors and lenses can collect more light than the human eye can collect on its own.