Hi Richard.
Catadioptric simply means it uses both lenses and mirrors. SCT, Mak,
Schmidt Newt, etc.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Richard Crisp wrote:
> the caption below one of the images says "catadioptric lens". I guess that
> means it is a Mak-Cass?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Natscher" <natscher@No-Spam>
> To: "[TAC]" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 9:04 PM
> Subject: [TAC] A Large Aperture Very Transportable Refractor
>
>
> > While surfing around on the E-Bay, I bumped into this item for
> auction---"a
> > night vision telescope", E-bay item #2974438369. Take a look at it. It's
> > about the shortest larger aperture refractor that I've ever seen. Talk
> about
> > portability! Rich N., check it out. I bet even Astro-Physics can't make
> one
> > this short.
> >
> > Peter Natscher
> > Monterey
> >
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2974438369&category=2995
> > 5
> >
>
>