List of telescope types
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There are three main types of optical telescopes - and these are divided into subgroups. They all have their different advantages and disadvantages and they are used in different areas of astronomy.
- Newtonian
- Gregorian [1]
- Classical Cassegrain
- Dall-Kirkham
- Large liquid mirror telescope
- Pfund telescope
- Ritchey-Chrétien
- Schiefspiegler
- Yolo
- Herrig
- Stevick-Paul
Combined Lens-Mirror Systems (Catadioptrics)
- Maksutov telescope
- Schmidt camera
- Schmidt-Newton telescope
- Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
- Houghton
- Modified Dall-Kirkham
- Klevtsov
- Argunov
These types can be mounted on different types of mounts.
Altazimuth (ALT-AZ) Mounts
Equatorial mounts
Other mounts
Telescopes with a unique optical/mount designs

