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Old 13-08-2018, 12:38 PM
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Compact Gregorian anyone?

Came across this on CN today, so I thought I would share it here.

The Gregorian telescope uses a doubled mirror primary and a flat secondary making it possible for the OTA length to be 1/7th of its focal length. Imagine a 2100mm focal length scope the size of a 12 inch ruler.

I note the article was written in 2004 so I have no idea if these ever went into full production.

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/C...ary_and/a19919

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Bill
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