What are Maksutov binoculars?

Maksutov's telescopes are optical binoculars of catadiopric design that use spherical mirrors and lenses to focus light. The name is derived from the Russian optical optical optics in the 20th century, Dmitri Maksutov, which patented this idea in 1941. Catadioptric optical system on which binoculars are also used for very similar constructions a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a A A A A A A and and which is established by a secondary convex mirror for light focus. In the Schmidt-Casseregrain design, light enters the telescope and first passes through a correction lens, then hits the primary mirror that reflects the light on the secondary mirror that points it to the eyepiece through which someone looks. In the Maksutov-Cassegrain design, the primary lens also works as a mirror by having a meniscus coating of partially reflective material. The light then bounces from a secondary mirror that is smaller than the light used farThe Schmidt, which gives Maksutov binoculars a slightly better resolution for pictures in space like those from the planets.

Since the Maksutov telescopes have a slightly different corrector lens, which gives them a higher resolution than the Schmidt design, they have the ability to focus light at a shorter distance, and the Maksutov telescope is therefore shorter than comparable Schmidt models with the same aperture. Increased resolution means that they also show a darker image of the night sky. The integration of a correction lens and the primary mirror as a meniscus coating makes it difficult to produce Maksutov telescopes than Schmidt models and are not commonly sold because of their much higher price. However, popular binoculars will usually have at least one model.

Improvement of Maksutov Telescopes brought their price of 2011 are now also variations of original design, such as Maksutov-Gregory, where there is secondary reflectionAlso silver, which completely eliminates the need for the second mirror. Maksutov-newtonian does not attempt to concentrate on a minute place and instead allows the existence of aberration and central area of ​​the image that is covered from the perspective.

One of the other variations on the Maksutov Telescopes is Maksutov-Gregorian, which is modeled on the original design of the Gregorian telescope. It uses a spherical primary mirror and a concave secondary mirror with a partition tube in the center of the telescope body through which the light source is directed to the eyepiece. Maksutov-Gregorian is designed almost identically as the Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, except for the fact that it requires a longer tube to focus light.