 Newtonian telescope (source code)

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= Newtonian telescope
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= Newtonian reflector
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A Newtonian telescope uses a concave parabolic primary and a flat diagonal secondary to send the converging beam to a side focus. The primary avoids on-axis <spherical aberration>, but has off-axis <coma>.

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