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