Ritchey-Chretien telescope teleskop-e Ritchey-Chrétien, durbin-e ~ Fr.: télescope Ritchey-Chrétien A type of → Cassegrain telescope in which the → primary mirror is a → hyperboloid. It is designed to eliminate → coma and → spherical aberration, thus providing a relatively large field of view as compared to a more conventional configuration. Named after the American astronomer George Ritchey (1864-1945) and the French optician Henri Chrétien (1879-1956); → telescope. |