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Telescope that combines light bending and reflection, like Schmidt-Cassegrains, Maksutovs.
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A telescope whose optics, not including the eyepiece, consists of both lenses and mirrors. The most common examples of these are the Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes, whose "lens" is an aspheric corrector plate, and the Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes, whose "lens" is a deeply curved meniscus.
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Catadioptric telescopes are essentially a combination of a refractor (lenses) and a reflector (mirrors). These telescopes fold the light path 3 times allowing for a much shorter tube. Further, because of their clever use of corrective lenses and lack of a spider to hold the secondary mirror, they are free of many of the optical defects that can plague refractors and reflectors.
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