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A taxonomy of telescope designs. Note that the scopes are laid out by complexity and similarity of design; the chart is not intended to indicate the historical path of development.

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Cassegrain Herschelian Schiefspiegler Newtonian Gregorian Dall-Kirkham Ritchey-Chretien Neo-Brachyt Pressmann-Camichel Yolo Solano Tri-Schiefspiegler Maksutov Schmidt Steinheil Doublet Fraunhofer Doublet Triplet Maksutov-Cassegrain Maksutov-Gregorian Wright Buchroeder-Houghton Rumak Simak Sigler Maksutov-Newtonian Schmidt-Cassegrain Schmidt-Newtonian Schmidt-Gregorian Lurie-Houghton Houghton-Cassegrain Wright-Newtonian Catadioptric-Schmidt Schupmann Stevik-Paul