1. (sometimes capital) new, recent, or a new or modern form or development: neoclassicism; neocolonialism. 2. (Geological Science) (usually capital) the most recent subdivision of a geological period: Neogene. [from Greek neos new]. Also, esp. before a vowel, ne-.
Although optical telescopes are the type most commonly used for stargazing and amateur astronomy, lots of astronomical research is done on telescopes that look at other wavelengths of light. Each of these wavelength ranges shows us something unique about the universe and allows us to view events and objects that can't be seen with human eyes.
Reflecting telescopes are better than refracting telescopes because they have a much clearer picture and are cheaper to make. The Hubble Space Telescope is the largest space reflecting telescope. The largest size of any one mirror in a reflecting telescope can vary and have reached lengths as high as 10 meters.eflecting telescopes are also called reflectors. Most telescopes used by astronomers today are reflectors. In Newtonian telescopes, one mirror is used to capture the image while another mirror is used to reflect the image from the first mirror.