Dave Trott looks at the original Maksutov.

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Great little video by Dave Trott looking at the original Maksutov.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjChCAdjrA

[By.Jove (Jove)]

These were made by PZO and were issued to schools across the Soviet countries https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/6...tov-telescope/

They still turn up occasionally on sites across Europe or the UK.

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Im not so sure - the backend looks rather different to the Polish built ones - Based on Dave's video, that is probably for the better as it looks to be a little finicky.