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That is very nice, I would like one of those myself!

I am not sure why they call it a Maksutov though, it looks more like a classical cassigrain i.e it has spider vanes holding the secondary rather than a meniscus lense.

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39 minutes ago, Paz said:

I am not sure why they call it a Maksutov though, it looks more like a classical cassigrain i.e it has spider vanes holding the secondary rather than a meniscus lense.

I think it’s because they have a sub-aperture meniscus between the primary and secondary that serves the same purpose as the usual maksutov corrector whereas a classical casegrain doesn’t. Having it in this location means it’s smaller hence lighter than a traditional mak of the same aperture and allows for an open tube, so it cools quicker than a traditional mak too…The trade off is that you get spider vanes and diffraction spikes…

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