noun
Meaning 1
A catadioptric telescope with a meniscus corrector.
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Phrase guide
Maksutov telescope
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noun
Meaning 2
reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens
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Broader terms: reflecting telescope, reflector
History
Etymology
Invented in 1941 by Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov.