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Cassegrain telescope

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Cassegrain telescope [kas·gran ′tel·ə′skōp]
(optics)
A reflecting telescope in which a small hyperboloidal mirror reflects the convergent beam from the paraboloidal primary mirror through a hole in the primary mirror to an eyepiece in back of the primary mirror.


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To perform these measurements, Scripps-EPIC uses a 4 million element charge coupled detector array attached to a 30 cm Cassegrain telescope with 10 wavelength channels in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral regions.
 
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