Maksutov telescope
Invented by the Russian optician Dmitri Maksutov (1896-1964), ...
Maksutov Telescope
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Telescope - traditionally, a system of lenses, mirrors, or both, used to gather light from a distant object and form an image of it.
Maksutov Telescope
A reflector whose primary mirror is spheroidal instead of parabolic. The light initially passes through a large concave lens to remove the spherical aberration.
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Maksutov telescope. A type of telescope that uses mirrors and lenses.
1941 - Dmitri Maksutov invents the Maksutov telescope which is adopted by major observatories in the Soviet Union and internationally. It is now also a popular design with amateur astronomers ...
Maksutov telescope (Cassegrains)
Schiefspiegler
An unusual variant of the Cassegrain is the Schiefspiegler telescope ("skewed" or "oblique reflector"), which uses tilted mirrors to avoid the secondary mirror casting a shadow on the primary.
This astronomical observatory is located on Klet mountain (at 1070 meters altitude), southwest of the town of Ceske Budejovice. Telescopes include a 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector, a 0.63-m Maksutov telescope, and a 1.02-m telescope.
of a star cluster where main-sequence stars are beginning to leave the main sequence. The main-sequence turnoff measures age: all other things being equal, the older a star cluster, the fainter the main-sequence turnoff. [C95]
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