Glossary

MCT - Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope

updated:  2023-10-27

MCT - Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope (MCTs)

The Maksutov-Cassegrain is a variation of the Maksutov telescope named after the Soviet/Russian optician and astronomer Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov. It starts with an optically transparent corrector lens that is a section of a hollow sphere. It has a spherical primary mirror, and a spherical secondary that is usually a mirrored section of the corrector lens.

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