Maksutov Telescopes are a combination of mirrors and lens

The maksutov telescope was developed by a Russian optical specialist named ormites maksutov.

There are acouple different kinds of maksutov telescopes. Maksutov-cassegrain and maksutov-netwtonian. Learn more on those types by clicking on the links below.

	The maksutov telescope is very similar to the Schmidt-cassegrain. The way a maksutov telescope works is light enters through the concave side on the corrector plate. The primary mirror then reflects the light back up the tube to a mirrored spot on the concave side of the corrector plate

Because the corrector plate is so think on these. You will find that a maksutov is a lot heavier than a Schmidt cassegrain.

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