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xkcd #3182: Telescope Types

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xkcd #3182: Telescope Types

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I’m trying to buy a gravitational lens for my camera, but I can’t tell if the manufacturers are listing comoving focal length or proper focal length.

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    The wires also bend the light which makes the stars not look like points but gives them prongs.

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