Maksutov reflecting telescope

Made:: 1960-1975 in Luton

maker:: Horace Edward Dall

Maksutov reflecting telescope, aperture 8.25 inches, edge of front element chipped, equatorially mounted on wooden tripod, plus binocular eyepiece, weights and corrector plate

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1987-528/2

Materials:: metal, wood and glass

type:: telescope - maksutov, telescope - catadioptric and telescope - reflecting

credit:: Dall, H.

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Maksutov reflecting telescope

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