Abstract
IN the Soviet Union at the present time, a novel system of telescope construction is engaging the interest of astronomers and those concerned with the erection of telescopes, whether for research observatories or for instructional purposes in schools. The system, called the meniscus catadioptric system, was worked out in 1941 by Dr. D. D. Maksutov, of the State Optical Institute. The principles involved and the advantages to be derived therefrom have been described by Dr. Maksutov in an article1 which appeared recently in the journal Nauka i Zhizn, published by the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.
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Maksutov, D. D., Nauka i Zhizn (Science and Life), No. 9, p. 1 (1944). The theory is described in detail and dimensional particulars are given under the reference: Maksutov, D. D., J. Opt. Soc. Amer., 34, 270 (1944).
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SMITH, G. The Meniscus Telescope. Nature 155, 798–799 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155798b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155798b0
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