Alternate Definitions for Cassegrain telescopes

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Term: Cassegrain telescopes
Definition:

A reflecting telescope whose primary mirror has a hole bored through the center to allow the reflected light from the convex secondary mirror be focused beyond the back end of the tube.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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