Maksutov Telescope

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4718. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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A modification of the Schmidt telescope devised in the early 1940s by D D Maksutov, in Moscow and, independently, by A A Bouwers, in Holland. The Maksutov uses a thin concave meniscus lens, located at the front of the telescope tube, to compensate for the spherical aberration (an optical defect) that would otherwise be introduced by its concave spherical primary mirror. Because the lens is thin,...

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