Cassegrain Telescope

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4712.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4712. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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A type of reflecting telescope based on a design that was produced in 1672 by the Frenchman Guillaume Cassegrain. It utilizes a concave paraboloidal primary mirror and a convex ellipsoidal secondary mirror that is located a short distance inside the focus of the primary. The converging cone of light from the primary is reflected by the secondary, back down the telescope tube and through a hole in...

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