Schmidt cassegrain telescope

Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
A cassegrain telescope that uses a thin correcting lens as in a schmidt camera
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I managed to save enough money and purchased a 10-inch Meade Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with a motorized base. I was totally blown away by the improvement in picture quality with the new instrument.

The third type that I mentioned was the Schmidt Cassegrain telescope. It has grown in popularity because it combines the best of a reflector and refractor.

Many of these are larger than the field of view of the 8" f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain telescope I currently use. A short focal ratio Newtonian like a 10" f/4.

The Schmidt Cassegrain telescope is similar to the Cassegrain telescope in having a pierced primary mirror and secondary mirror and in having the light beam coming to a focus at the back of the telescope through the hole in the primary- It differs ...

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