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What kind of telescope did Johannes Kepler describe in Dioptrice?
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler, engraving by N. Dietz.
In his 1611 work Dioptrice, Johannes Kepler described a new type of instrument now known as the Keplerian telescope.12
Unlike earlier designs, this telescope utilizes two convex (convergent) lenses. In this configuration, the eyepiece is a convex lens placed behind the focus where light rays converge, which produces an inverted image. While this design requires a longer tube length due to the intermediate inversion of the image, it serves as the foundation for the modern refractive telescope.12