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of telescopes or devices associated with <a href="/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescopes</a>. They are broken into major classifications with many variations due to professional, amateur, and commercial sub-types. Telescopes can be classified by optical design or mechanical design/construction. Telescopes can also be classified by where they are placed, such as <a href="/wiki/Space_telescope" title="Space telescope">space telescopes</a>. One major determining factor is type of light, or particle being observed including devices referred to as "telescopes" that do not form an image or use optics. Some telescopes are classified by the task they perform; for example <a href="/wiki/Solar_telescope" title="Solar telescope">Solar telescopes</a> are all designs that look at the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dobsonian_telescope" title="Dobsonian telescope">Dobsonian telescopes</a> are designed to be low cost and portable, <a href="/wiki/Aerial_telescope" title="Aerial telescope">Aerial telescopes</a> overcame the optical shortcomings of 17th-century objective lenses,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> etc. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_optical_telescope_types">List of optical telescope types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_telescope_types&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of optical telescope types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Optical_telescope" title="Optical telescope">Optical telescopes</a></b> can be classified by three primary optical designs (refractor, reflector, or catadioptric), by sub-designs of these types, by how they are constructed, or by the task they perform. They all have their different advantages and disadvantages and they are used in different areas of <a href="/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">professional</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amateur_astronomy" title="Amateur astronomy">amateur astronomy</a>. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 2em" align="left" valign="top"><b><a href="/wiki/Refracting_telescope" title="Refracting telescope">Refracting telescopes</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Dioptrics" title="Dioptrics">Dioptrics</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achromatic_telescope" title="Achromatic telescope">Achromatic telescope</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dialyte_lens#Dialyte_telescopes" title="Dialyte lens">dialytic refractor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apochromat" title="Apochromat">Apochromatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binoculars" title="Binoculars">Binoculars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opera_glasses" title="Opera glasses">Opera glasses</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyscope" title="Copyscope">Copyscope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monocular" title="Monocular">Monocular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-achromatic_objective" title="Non-achromatic objective">Non-achromatic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galilean_telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Galilean telescope">Galilean telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keplerian_Telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Keplerian Telescope">Keplerian Telescope</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_telescope" title="Aerial telescope">Aerial telescope</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superachromat" title="Superachromat">Superachromat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baden-Powell%27s_unilens" title="Baden-Powell's unilens">Baden-Powell's unilens</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="padding-right: 2em" align="left" valign="top"><b><a href="/wiki/Reflecting_telescope" title="Reflecting telescope">Reflecting telescopes</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Catoptrics" title="Catoptrics">Catoptrics</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cassegrain_telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Cassegrain telescope">Cassegrain telescope</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dall%E2%80%93Kirkham_telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Dall–Kirkham telescope">Dall–Kirkham telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasmyth_telescope" title="Nasmyth telescope">Nasmyth telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritchey%E2%80%93Chr%C3%A9tien_telescope" title="Ritchey–Chrétien telescope">Ritchey–Chrétien telescope</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossed_Dragone" title="Crossed Dragone">Crossed Dragone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregorian_telescope" title="Gregorian telescope">Gregorian telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflecting_telescope#Herschelian_telescope" title="Reflecting telescope">Herschelian telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Large_liquid_mirror_telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Large liquid mirror telescope">Liquid mirror telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtonian_telescope" title="Newtonian telescope">Newtonian telescope</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dobsonian_telescope" title="Dobsonian telescope">Dobsonian telescope</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pfund_telescope" title="Pfund telescope">Pfund telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schiefspiegler_telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Schiefspiegler telescope">Schiefspiegler telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzschild_telescope" title="Schwarzschild telescope">Schwarzschild telescope</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Couder_telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Couder telescope">Couder telescope</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflecting_telescope#Stevick-Paul" title="Reflecting telescope">Stevick–Paul telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-mirror_anastigmat" title="Three-mirror anastigmat">Three-mirror anastigmat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toroidal_reflector" title="Toroidal reflector">Toroidal reflector / Yolo telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolter_telescope" title="Wolter telescope">Wolter telescope</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="padding-right: 2em" align="left" valign="top"><b><a href="/wiki/Catadioptric_system#Catadioptric_telescopes" title="Catadioptric system">Catadioptric telescopes</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Catadioptrics" class="mw-redirect" title="Catadioptrics">Catadioptrics</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argunov%E2%80%93Cassegrain_telescope" title="Argunov–Cassegrain telescope">Argunov–Cassegrain telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catadioptric_system#Catadioptric_telescopes" title="Catadioptric system">Catadioptric dialytes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klevtsov%E2%80%93Cassegrain_telescope" title="Klevtsov–Cassegrain telescope">Klevtsov–Cassegrain telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lurie%E2%80%93Houghton_telescope" title="Lurie–Houghton telescope">Lurie–Houghton telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maksutov_telescope" title="Maksutov telescope">Maksutov telescope</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maksutov_telescope#Maksutov_cameras" title="Maksutov telescope">Maksutov camera</a></li> <li><a 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camera</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td style="padding-right: 2em" align="left" valign="top"><b>Telescopes classified by the task performed</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astrograph" title="Astrograph">Astrograph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_optical_interferometry" title="Astronomical optical interferometry">Astronomical optical interferometry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_seeker" title="Comet seeker">Comet seeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finderscope" title="Finderscope">Finderscope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GoTo_(telescopes)" title="GoTo (telescopes)">GoTo telescopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphic_telescope" title="Graphic telescope">Graphic telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infrared_telescope" title="Infrared telescope">Infrared telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_circle" title="Meridian circle">Meridian circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robotic_telescope" title="Robotic telescope">Robotic telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_telescope" title="Solar telescope">Solar telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_telescope" title="Space telescope">Space telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotting_scope" title="Spotting scope">Spotting scope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Gun_Telescope" title="Sun Gun Telescope">Sun Gun Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenith_telescope" title="Zenith telescope">Zenith telescope</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_telescope_types_working_outside_the_optical_spectrum">List of telescope types working outside the optical spectrum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_telescope_types&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of telescope types working outside the optical spectrum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output 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(see also <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_astronomy" title="Ultraviolet astronomy">Ultraviolet astronomy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-ray_telescope" title="X-ray telescope">X-ray telescope</a> (see also <a href="/wiki/X-ray_astronomy" title="X-ray astronomy">X-ray astronomy</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wolter_telescope" title="Wolter telescope">Wolter telescope</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_broad_spectrum_telescopes">List of broad spectrum telescopes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_telescope_types&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of broad spectrum telescopes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fast_Fourier_Transform_Telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast Fourier Transform Telescope">Fast Fourier Transform Telescope</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_telescope_mounts_types">List of telescope mounts types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_telescope_types&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of telescope mounts types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Optical and other types of telescopes are mounted on different types of mounts. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telescope_mount#Fixed_mounts" title="Telescope mount">Fixed mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescope_mount#Transit_mounts" title="Telescope mount">Transit mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenith_telescope" title="Zenith telescope">Zenith mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altazimuth_mount" title="Altazimuth mount">Altazimuth mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescope_mount#Alt-alt_(altitude-altitude)_mounts" title="Telescope mount">Alt-alt (altitude-altitude) mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_mount" title="Equatorial mount">Equatorial mount</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_platform" title="Equatorial platform">Equatorial platform</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poncet_Platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Poncet Platform">Poncet Platform</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_mount#Open_fork_mount" title="Equatorial mount">Open fork mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_equatorial_mount" class="mw-redirect" title="German equatorial mount">German equatorial mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_mount" class="mw-redirect" title="English mount">English mount</a> (Polar frame mount)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Modified_English_mount&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Modified English mount (page does not exist)">Modified English mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barn_door_tracker" title="Barn door tracker">Barn door tracker</a> (Scotch mount)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_mount&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Springfield 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