Schmidt–Newtonian telescope
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Schmidt–Newtonian telescope
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A Schmidt–Newtonian telescope or Schmidt–Newton telescope is a catadioptric telescope that combines elements from both the Schmidt camera and the Newtonian telescope. In this telescope design, a spherical primary mirror is combined with a Schmidt corrector plate, which corrects the spherical aberration and holds the secondary mirror. The resulting system has less coma and diffraction effects than a Newtonian telescope with a parabolic mirror and a "spider" secondary mirror support. The design us
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Type of catadioptric telescope
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt%E2%80%93Newtonian_telescope
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2023-07-23T16:41:48Z
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