WHICH CATADIOPTRIC IS RIGHT FOR ME?

MAKSUTOV-CASSEGRAIN

Low maintenance Possess a short and therefore portable tube Very good for observing double stars and planets Not suitable for widefield targets such as open clusters

SCHMIDT-CASSEGRAIN

Very good for observing stars and planets

Low maintenance

Fairly cheap due to their popularity

Portable

Suffers from effects such as coma, which means that corrector lenses need to be considered

Not suitable for wide-field targets such as open clusters and large areas of the Milky Way