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Ritchey-Chrétien telescope
Ritchey-Chrétien
is a type of
astronomical
telescope
. It is a specialized
Cassegrain[?]
reflector with the advantage that it is
coma
free. This is why almost every professional
reflector telescope
in the world is of the Ritchey-Chrétien design. It was invented by
George Willis Ritchey
and
Henri Chrétien
in the early
1910's
.
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