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Kind Of Newtonian-Cassegrain Telescope

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Posted by Lino on July 4, 2000 09:16:58 UTC

Hi everyone!

I would like to try different telescopes designs and was thinking on a Newton-Cassegrain-like telescope, using a spherical primary mirror and a flat secondary mirror. Is it possible? What are the possible problems of such an optical design?

Thanks,

--Lino

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