Maksutov telescope
Telescopio de Maksútov
- Date
- 1941 · confidence high
- Place
- Leningrad, Russia
- Credited to
- Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
Soviet optician Dmitri Maksutov patented the catadioptric telescope bearing his name in 1941, combining a spherical mirror with a corrective meniscus lens to eliminate coma and chromatic aberration while keeping all surfaces fully spherical and easier to manufacture.
What it led to
- Commercial Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes
- Popularization of compact amateur telescopes
- Simplified manufacture of high-quality optics