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Astronomical telescope has a small eye piece and a large objective lens. Whereas a compound microscope has a large eye piece and small objective lens. Therefore can we use astronomical telescope as compound microscope by viewing it from objective lens?

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Telescopes are usually not build with magnification in mind. It is rather having the highest possible angular resolution! You want to be able to distinguish two spot-like light sources close to each other, not to see them as large as possible but smeary. Therefore, you want to have your telescope dish as large as possible. I think you just have another purpose than with an enlarging microscope...

Or was your question rather theoretically?

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