What Is the Most Common Design of Large Optical Telescopes

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is the most common design of large optical telescopes?

• A) Cassegrain focus
• B) Newtonian focus
• C) Schmidt-Cassegrain focus
• D) refracting

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