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Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope

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Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope

The Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, or SCT, has been referred to as today's standard of the best telescopic equipment among astronomy enthusiasts. This type of telescope combines the advantages of lens and mirror technology into one unit. The 200mm SCT is the prevailing model, giving you a large aperture size in the package of a reasonably sized tube unit. Most SCT models will come with either the German equatorial mount or the fork equatorial mount. A built-in computer allows you to input a star or nebulae and let your telescope find the view for you. This telescope will give you a good view of a star cluster such as Pleiades. The main drawback to the Schmidt-Cassegrain is compared to a Newtonian telescope with a comparable aperture, the SCT won't give you optical results as good as the Newtonian.

   

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