A typical refracting telescope is made up of
A) a long-focal-length lens at the front and a short-focal-length lens at the rear (next to a person's eye as one looks through the telescope).
B) two mirrors, one concave, the other convex.
C) a mirror that gathers and focuses the light and a lens next to a person's eye through which one examines the image.
D) a short-focal-length lens at the front and a long-focal-length lens at the rear (next to a person's eye as one looks through the telescope).

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A typical refracting telescope uses a long-focal-length objective lens at the front to gather light and form an image, and a short-focal-length eyepiece lens at the rear for magnification as one looks through the telescope.

A Typical Refracting Telescope Is Made Up of