LIST OF TELESCOPE TYPES

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.
'Refractors' (Dioptrics)

Non-achromatic

Achromatic

Apochromatic

Superachromatic
'Reflectors' (Catoptrics)

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'

Altazimuth mount
'Equatorial mounts'

Equatorial mount

German equatorial mount

Fork mount

Springfield mount

Poncet table
'Other mounts'

Transit mount

Zenith mount
'Telescopes with a unique optical/mount designs'

Dobsonian telescope

The Turret telescope

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