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Gregorian telescope

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Gregorian telescope [grə′gȯr·ē·ən ′tel·ə‚skōp]
(optics)
A reflecting telescope having a paraboloidal mirror with a hole in the center and a small secondary (concave ellipsoidal) mirror placed beyond the focus of the primary mirror; light is reflected to the secondary mirror and back to an eyepiece at the hole; the telescope produces an erect image but a small field of view.


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The result is a Compact Gregorian Telescope that can be as short as 1/7th the focal length of the system.
 
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